We had an opportunity to bid on CAF via the New York State BPO in 2018.
Nobody involved like the strings attached. At this point I can't
remember what the "strings" were, just that they sounded like a nuisance.
Perhaps the bigger issue was that the public contributions seemed to be
structured over a 10 year period. A 10 year payback means it's fiber
optic or nothing....perhaps that's by design. More importantly, the
private equity partners were not happy with the idea of a >10 year
return. We ended up building only in areas with NY State broadband
funding and skipping around the CAF areas.
I can put you in touch with people who are still involved in that
project if you hit me offlist.
Frankly the way the NY BPO has structured their current program is a lot
more attractive than CAF. So attractive that they've overwhelmed the
capacity of engineering, make-ready, and line contractors with the
amount of broadband construction ongoing in NY State for the past
several years --I mean that in a good way. Everyone is struggling to
build more and build faster into rural markets because NY BPO made it
viable for them to do so. You might talk to them about what they've done.
-Adam Moffett
On 1/29/2020 1:07 PM, Dev wrote:
Got a question from an elected official type about why bids have been slow to come
in for CAF-II, and also looking at RDOF and the satellite "lock up”. I’m sure
there are some opinions here, any you wish to relate?
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