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6. We provide some Broadband (25/3) service to a few residential units in a census block, but there are many more that we can’t get to, but the census block is not a TSA. How does the bill or tax incentive help get providers there?

House File 772 does not provide for partial census block designations—a census block is either a TSA or it is not. The draft map currently available for public comment is based on reporting to FCC at...

Read more about 6. We provide some Broadband (25/3) service to a few residential units in a census block, but there are many more that we can’t get to, but the census block is not a TSA. How does the bill or tax incentive help get providers there?

5. We know other providers are getting tax incentives in a census block that is marked as a TSA. But how many can do that?

House File 772 does not limit the number of otherwise qualifying communication service providers that may receive a tax incentive in a given TSA. As noted in the Answer to Question 3, above, House...

Read more about 5. We know other providers are getting tax incentives in a census block that is marked as a TSA. But how many can do that?

4. We believe the data we reported to the FCC is in error or posted incorrectly because we are not providing 25/3 Broadband in several census blocks, but the Map lists us as a provider and the census block is not marked as a TSA.

Please go here to learn how to submit comments to the OCIO concerning any census block designation. The public comment window is open from July 29 to August 23, 2019.

Read more about 4. We believe the data we reported to the FCC is in error or posted incorrectly because we are not providing 25/3 Broadband in several census blocks, but the Map lists us as a provider and the census block is not marked as a TSA.

3. We just deployed Broadband (25/3), but the census block still shows it as a TSA on the Map.

That is entirely possible and not an error. The TSA designations on the draft map provided for public comment are based on the most recently available data published by the FCC, as of December 31,...

Read more about 3. We just deployed Broadband (25/3), but the census block still shows it as a TSA on the Map.

2. We understand the requirement to not classify a census block as a TSA if Broadband (25/3) is available there, but we think the data is wrong. Can you double check that a company is providing Broadband (25/3)?

Yes, absolutely. Please go here to learn how to provide public comment concerning the new version of the broadband map, including any information concerning the designation of a census block as a...

Read more about 2. We understand the requirement to not classify a census block as a TSA if Broadband (25/3) is available there, but we think the data is wrong. Can you double check that a company is providing Broadband (25/3)?

1. Where did the TSA designations come from?

OCIO made use of broadband-availability maps and data sources made available primarily by the FCC through the Form 477 Process.

Read more about 1. Where did the TSA designations come from?

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