For many months, states have raced to add locations to the FCC’s National Broadband Map, trying to maximize their allocation of broadband funding from the Infrastructure Bill. But in a few short weeks, the NTIA will allocate funding and then my prediction is we’ll never hear about “missing locations” again. Instead, we’ll focus on the opposite problem: there are too
Jun 12, 2023·edited Jun 12, 2023Liked by Mike Conlow
Mike, this is tremendous work.
One question: when you say you don't think we'll hear about missing locations once the state allocations happen — what about when states go to make subgrants? My understanding was that they're still bound to allocating funds based on the number/proportion of unserved BSLs in a project area. If that's true, it seems like the CQA fabric (and the completeness of it) stay relevant, but would love to know if there's a different or more definitive answer on that.
Thanks for this invaluable work. In your "Allocations and BDC Numbers" work sheet, what is the method (and reasoning) behind calculating the "best available" stats?
Mike, this is tremendous work.
One question: when you say you don't think we'll hear about missing locations once the state allocations happen — what about when states go to make subgrants? My understanding was that they're still bound to allocating funds based on the number/proportion of unserved BSLs in a project area. If that's true, it seems like the CQA fabric (and the completeness of it) stay relevant, but would love to know if there's a different or more definitive answer on that.
Hi Mike,
Thanks for this invaluable work. In your "Allocations and BDC Numbers" work sheet, what is the method (and reasoning) behind calculating the "best available" stats?
Thanks,
John