Fcc Proposes More Than $8 Million In Fines Against 22 Rural Digital
Opportunity Fund Applicants For Defaulting On Auction 904 Obligations

Defaults Impede Funding for New Rural Broadband Deployments

WASHINGTON, May 1, 2023—The Federal Communications Commission today
proposed $8,778,527.39 in fines against 22 applicants in the Rural
Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I Auction (Auction 904) for apparently
violating Commission requirements by defaulting on their bids between
May 3, 2022 and December 16, 2022. Two applicants also failed to
submit their audited financial paperwork, resulting in an additional
monetary liability. The FCC provided clear guidance in its rules and
notices on the monetary forfeitures associated with defaults in
Auction 904. The bid defaults prevented 2,994 census block groups in
31 states and an estimated 293,128 locations from receiving new
investments in broadband infrastructure.

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-393039A1.pdf

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