Pointing to Overlap With Cox, RiverStreet Seeks RDOF Waiver

RiverStreet Communications petitioned the FCC for a waiver on census block groups (CBGs) it won and surrendered through the FCC's Rural Digital Opportunity Fund program Monday (see 2410250006). New Kent County, Virginia, awarded Cox Communications $16 million to "build out a broadband network totaling 566.7 fiber miles that will allow Cox to provide high-speed broadband services to every household and business in New Kent County," RiverStreet said in a petition filed in docket 19-126. RiverStreet said both companies agreed that RiverStreet would relinquish certain CBGs that duplicate the locations Cox plans to build out. "Because deduplication serves the public interest and so that RiverStreet will not be subject to the penalties set forth in the FCC’s rules for failure to meet certain buildout milestones, RiverStreet seeks a waiver of those rules," the company said.