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Cox asks court to block Rhode Island plan for broadband expansions | If successful, Cox's lawsuit could prevent other Internet service providers from obtaining grants to expand into areas that Cox says it already serves with high-speed broadband

Cox disputes speed tests, claims it serves areas eligible for broadband grants.

The Commerce Corporation is a quasi-public agency that is implementing the state's $108.7 million share of the $42 billion federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. It said that Cox is the "state's leading provider" but "declined to engage in the robust, months-long public planning process on how the Corporation would deploy Rhode Island's BEAD funds." "For over a year Cox has presented facts and evidence as to why Commerce's broadband plan is flawed and these arguments have been ignored at every turn," the company said in a statement provided to Ars.

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