PASSED: Broadband Expansion
Several of Rep. Louis Riggs' broadband expansion proposals were approved on SB 820. The legislation will modify the Broadband Internet Grant Program by changing the definition of "underserved area", which is now defined as a project area without access to wireline or fixed wireless broadband internet service with speeds of at least 100 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload. The definition of "unserved area" is also modified to mean a project area without access to wireline or fixed wireless broadband internet services of speeds of at least 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload. Grants awarded under the program shall prioritize projects providing speeds of the higher 100 Mbps download and 100 Mbps upload that is scalable to higher speeds, or the minimum acceptable speed established by the Federal Communications Commission.
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