UPDATE More than a dozen members of the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) are among the newly announced winners of funding under the FCC’s Connect America Fund Phase II (CAF II) auction. The program will provide nearly $1.5 billion over the next decade to expand fixed, high-speed internet service in unserved rural areas, Inside Towers reported.
Fixed wireless ISPs collectively won about half of the total funding, according to WISPA. Association President Claude Aiken says the results show that fixed wireless ISPs “are among the most cost-effective broadband providers in the nation.” The focus now shifts to effective implementation and oversight of these rural service deployments.
Among the winners are the following WISPA members:
- Broadband Corp. of Hutchison, Minnesota;
- Casair (Crystal Automation Systems) of Stanton, Michigan;
- ClearSKY Systems of Verona, Illinois;
- GeoLinks (California Internet) of Camarillo, California;
- Intermax Networks of Coeur D’Alene, Idaho;
- Midco (Midcontinent Communications) of Sioux Falls, South Dakota;
- Mid-State Services of Trenton, Missouri;
- Mountain West Technologies of Casper, Wyoming;
- Plains Internet of Amarillo, Texas;
- RTC Communications of Rochester, Indiana;
- Shawnee Communications of Lovington, Illinois;
- Total Highspeed in Nixa, Missouri;
- Vistabeam (Inventive Wireless) of Gering, Nebraska;
- Wisper ISP of Mascoutah, Illinois; and
- WPS of Ada, Oklahoma.
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August 30, 2018
