Sec. 8. (a) As used in this section, “broadband adoption” refers to an agreement by a customer to subscribe to broadband services that are:

(1) offered by a communications service provider; and

Terms Used In Indiana Code 5-28-28.5-8

  • broadband services: includes services, including voice, video, and data, that provide capacity for transmission of more than three hundred eighty-four (384) kilobits per second in at least one (1) direction regardless of the technology or medium used, including wireless, copper wire, fiber optic cable, or coaxial cable. See Indiana Code 5-28-28.5-0.5
  • unit: means a county, city, or town. See Indiana Code 5-28-28.5-4
(2) available to the customer.

     (b) A unit that wishes to be certified as a broadband ready community must establish a procedure to promote broadband adoption in the unit after the unit is certified as a broadband ready community. The procedure must include the following:

(1) A single point of contact in charge of broadband adoption in the unit.

(2) An assurance that each communications service provider that already provides broadband services in the unit will be notified that the unit is applying to be a broadband ready community.

(3) An assurance that the unit will work with communications service providers to promote broadband adoption in the unit.

     (c) A procedure established under subsection (b) may not do the following:

(1) Discriminate among communications service providers with respect to promoting broadband adoption in the unit.

(2) Impose a fee on communications service providers to fund promotion of broadband adoption in the unit.

As added by P.L.33-2017, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.177-2018, SEC.6; P.L.189-2018, SEC.48.

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