Sec. 1.7. As used in this chapter, “deployed” means, with respect to the availability of minimum broadband Internet at a location, that an eligible broadband service provider:

(1) currently has minimum broadband Internet at the location; or

Terms Used In Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-1.7

  • deployed: means , with respect to the availability of minimum broadband Internet at a location, that an eligible broadband service provider:

    Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-1.7

  • eligible broadband service: means a connection to the Internet that provides an actual speed of at least:

    Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-3

  • minimum broadband Internet: means a terrestrial connection to the Internet that provides an actual speed of at least one hundred (100) megabits per second downstream and at least twenty (20) megabits per second upstream, regardless of the technology or medium used to provide the connection. See Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-5.6
(2) could provide minimum broadband Internet to a customer that requests minimum broadband Internet at the location:

(A) not later than ten (10) days after the customer requests minimum broadband Internet at the location; and

(B) without:

(i) an extraordinary commitment of resources; or

(ii) construction charges or fees exceeding an ordinary service activation fee.

Minimum broadband Internet is considered to be deployed at a location regardless of whether any person or entity subscribes to minimum broadband Internet at the location.

As added by P.L.121-2021, SEC.2.