Beginning on January 1, 2022, the commission shall ensure that funds distributed from the Nebraska Telecommunications Universal Service Fund for construction of new broadband infrastructure shall go to projects that provide broadband service scalable to one hundred megabits per second or greater for downloading and one hundred megabits per second or greater for uploading. This section shall not apply to any disbursements from any Nebraska Telecommunications Universal Service Fund wireless infrastructure grant program, the purpose of which is to improve wireless telecommunications service coverage through grants for the construction of wireless telecommunications service facilities.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 86-324.01

  • Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Nebraska Statutes 86-319
  • Fund: means the Nebraska Telecommunications Universal Service Fund. See Nebraska Statutes 86-320
  • Telecommunications: means the transmission between or among points specified by the user of information of the user's choosing without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received. See Nebraska Statutes 86-320.01