RDOF Providers Accept FCC Bid Withdrawal Offer

Covington Electric Cooperative will accept the FCC’s offer to withdraw two census blocks it won during the Rural Digital Opportunity Phase I auction, it said in a waiver request posted Wednesday in docket 19-126 (see 2108040054). It asked the commission to waive all penalties associated with doing so. Tallahatchie Valley Internet Services also accepted the offer for one of the census blocks it won and asked for a waiver Wednesday. Tallahatchie is the third provider to accept the FCC's offer. Citynet agreed to withdraw five census blocks it won and last week asked for a similar waiver.