Successful Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Auction to Expand Broadband to Over 327,000 Rural Pennsylvanians
In Pennsylvania, the auction allocated $368,743,200.30 in support to expand broadband to 184,505 unserved homes and businesses over the next 10 years. Nearly all locations in Pennsylvania that were eligible for the auction will be receiving access to broadband with speeds of at least 100/20 Mbps, with a majority (64%) getting gigabit-speed broadband. The auction unleashed robust competition that resulted in more locations being awarded at less cost to Americans who pay into the FCC’s Universal Service Fund.
“This historic auction is great news for the residents of so many rural Pennsylvania communities, who will get access to high-quality broadband service in areas that for too long have been on the wrong side of the digital divide,” said FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. “We structured this innovative and groundbreaking auction to prioritize bids for high-speed, low-latency services to deliver the best results for rural Americans, and the results show that this strategy worked. This auction was the Commission’s single largest step ever taken toward delivering digital opportunity to every American and is another key success in our ongoing commitment to universal service.”
Following is a list of winning bidders, number of homes and businesses to be served, and total support for 10 years in Pennsylvania, by county:
| County | Bidder | Locations | Support | ||||
| Adams | CenturyLink, Inc. | 228 | $593,406 | ||||
| Adams | Connect Everyone LLC | 1,032 | $1,525,507 | ||||
| Adams | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | 515 | $687,126 | ||||
| Adams, PA Total | 1,775 | $2,806,038 | |||||
| Allegheny | Armstrong Telephone Company – Northern Division | 36 | $20,316 | ||||
| Allegheny | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | 747 | $486,460 | ||||
| Allegheny | Windstream Services LLC, Debtor-In-Possession | 114 | $180,474 | ||||
| Allegheny, PA Total | 897 | $687,250 | |||||
| Armstrong | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | 57 | $58,185 | ||||
| Armstrong | Windstream Services LLC, Debtor-In-Possession | 1,356 | $4,805,328 | ||||
| Armstrong, PA Total | 1,413 | $4,863,513 | |||||
| Beaver | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | 575 | $593,551 | ||||
| Beaver | Windstream Services LLC, Debtor-In-Possession | 259 | $716,028 | ||||
| Beaver, PA Total | 834 | $1,309,579 | |||||
| Bedford | CenturyLink, Inc. | 2,959 | $14,980,392 | ||||
| Bedford | Frontier Communications Corporation, DIP | 395 | $1,025,615 | ||||
| Bedford | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | 2,805 | $4,090,243 | ||||
| Bedford | Windstream Services LLC, Debtor-In-Possession | 300 | $1,257,726 | ||||
| Bedford, PA Total | 6,459 | $21,353,976 | |||||
| Berks | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | 1,239 | $1,464,002 | ||||
| Berks | Windstream Services LLC, Debtor-In-Possession | 529 | $765,486 | ||||
| Berks, PA Total | 1,768 | $2,229,488 | |||||
| Blair | CenturyLink, Inc. | 264 | $288,816 | ||||
| Blair | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | 2,405 | $2,012,143 | ||||
| Blair | Windstream Services LLC, Debtor-In-Possession | 592 | $1,494,756 | ||||
| Blair, PA Total | 3,261 | $3,795,715 | |||||
| Bradford | Co-op Connections Consortium | 4,499 | $17,219,669 | ||||
| Bradford | Frontier Communications Corporation, DIP | 1,271 | $3,300,144 | ||||
| Bradford | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | 467 | $783,868 | ||||
| Bradford | Windstream Services LLC, Debtor-In-Possession | 312 | $1,558,501 | ||||
| Bradford, PA Total | 6,549 | $22,862,181 | |||||
| Bucks | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | 701 | $323,324 | ||||
| Bucks, PA Total | 701 | $323,324 | |||||
| Butler | Armstrong Telephone Company – Northern Division | 104 | $122,321 | ||||
| Butler | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | 1,859 | $2,876,831 | ||||
| Butler | Windstream Services LLC, Debtor-In-Possession | 7 | $26,022 | ||||
| Butler, PA Total | 1,970 | $3,025,174 | |||||
| Cambria | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | 2,240 | $2,387,864 | ||||
| Cambria | Windstream Services LLC, Debtor-In-Possession | 1,317 | $2,851,321 | ||||
| Cambria, PA Total | 3,557 | $5,239,185 | |||||
| Cameron | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | 16 | $48,241 | ||||
| Cameron | Windstream Services LLC, Debtor-In-Possession | 690 | $2,132,042 | ||||
| Cameron, PA Total | 706 | $2,180,283 | |||||
| Carbon | Frontier Communications Corporation, DIP | 300 | $778,948 | ||||
| Carbon | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | 359 | $159,969 | ||||
| Carbon | Windstream Services LLC, Debtor-In-Possession | 68 | $60,948 | ||||
| Carbon, PA Total | 727 | $999,865 | |||||
| Centre | Centre WISP Venture Company, LLC | 2,465 | $2,857,833 | ||||
| Centre | Commnet Wireless, LLC | 671 | $829,807 | ||||
| Centre | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | 952 | $802,773 | ||||
| Centre | Windstream Services LLC, Debtor-In-Possession | 354 | $1,125,474 | ||||
| Centre, PA Total | 4,442 | $5,615,888 | |||||
| Chester | Armstrong Telephone Company – Northern Division | 40 | $28,614 | ||||
| Chester | Frontier Communications Corporation, DIP | 256 | $664,702 | ||||
| Chester | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | 532 | $430,276 | ||||
| Chester | Windstream Services LLC, Debtor-In-Possession | 110 | $118,974 | ||||
| Chester, PA Total | 938 | $1,242,566 | |||||
| Clarion | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | 277 | $244,099 | ||||
| Clarion | Windstream Services LLC, Debtor-In-Possession | 2,939 | $10,575,440 | ||||
| Clarion, PA Total | 3,216 | $10,819,539 | |||||
| Clearfield | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | 1,723 | $1,517,882 | ||||
| Clearfield | Windstream Services LLC, Debtor-In-Possession | 2,300 | $7,850,169 | ||||
