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WTA Expresses Concerns to USDA About Discriminating Against For-Profit Providers

Back at the end of November, WTA sent a letter to the USDA Undersecretary for Rural Development Xochitl Torres Small expressing its disappointment with one aspect of the application scoring criteria for ReConnect Round III that deviates from long-standing RUS … Continue reading “WTA Expresses Concerns to USDA About Discriminating Against For-Profit Providers”

WTA Recommends Increasing Speeds for USDA ReConnect Program

Today, WTA filed comments with USDA’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) in response to its Final Rule asking for public input on certain aspects of it’s ReConnect grant and loan program. WTA recommended that RUS increase the minimum speed standard to … Continue reading “WTA Recommends Increasing Speeds for USDA ReConnect Program”

WTA Submits Comments on USDA ReConnect Program

Today, WTA filed comments with the Rural Utilities Service regarding the ReConnect Program, which provides grants and loans to build networks in rural America. In its comments, WTA recommends RUS make areas that have less than 25/3 Mbps broadband speeds … Continue reading “WTA Submits Comments on USDA ReConnect Program”