FCC Fines Etheric, LTD Broadband for RDOF Bid Defaults

The FCC fined Etheric Communications and LTD Broadband for defaulting on their Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction bids in a notice of apparent liability released Tuesday. The agency fined Etheric $732,000 and LTD $21.7 million. The FCC also denied LTD's application for review of Friday's Wireline Bureau order denying its long-form application (see 2311160039).