Today, Free State Foundation President Randolph May and Senior Fellow Andrew Long submitted comments to the FCC opposing a so-called "amnesty" window during which winners of auctions to award government subsidies from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund could back out of their commitments to construct broadband infrastructure without meaningful consequence.
Here are key sentences from the top of the comments:
"Granting this request would further delay the connection of unserved households. It would unjustly favor certain auction participants – a privileged group that seemingly includes government-owned and government-affiliated networks already unduly advantaged by their government status – over others. And by creating a classic 'moral hazard,' it would encourage irresponsible behavior that threatens the efficacy of reverse auctions generally. The WCB therefore must deny this request.”
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