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them to partner with private partners, required removing some; "take rate"—road has <br /> broadband access but not everyone wants to get it; "take rate" _#of people who're willing <br /> to pay$$for access to line; tier 1 and 2 counties don't have infrastructure; haven't tried to <br /> influence the "take rate";what is government's involvement? Often agreement in goals just <br /> differ in how to achieve them. <br /> o Questions: <br /> ■ Comm Greene: <br /> • OC is tier 3 county but have significant areas who cannot get access, some <br /> with unreliable service, some can't have more than one family member that <br /> can be on a meeting at the same time <br /> • Understand grants are available that we're not eligible for because tier 3 <br /> county; how to rework rules so that OC is qualified/eligible? <br /> • OC in between mountains and coast—unable to provide extensive coverage <br /> because terrain isn't flat/unobstructed <br /> ■ Rep Arp <br /> • Private providers—population density not high enough to be financially <br /> feasible <br /> • Start in rural counties—open last round of$$to statewide areas not just tier <br /> 1&2; GREAT grant and other things working on won't be available to all tier <br /> counties <br /> • Maps—changing from tiered county system to maps system which will make <br /> funding available to households in need regardless of tier of county they're <br /> in <br /> • Jim points out that Piedmont Electric, River Street attending (listening) but <br /> not participating <br /> • When look at policy decisions, what can we do, what's the timeline we <br /> envision, haven't leveraged network out, provided hotspots but that was <br /> limited; as a matter of policy,try to be technology agnostic; expect to see <br /> "free market/competition"—satellite service (may be more than a year <br /> away); state to try and invest money as a viable technology(low earth <br /> satellite); need to invest in multiple technologies; incentivize the speed -was <br /> 10/1, now 25/3 gets bonus points for grant <br /> • GREAT grant was to provide $$that normalized the cost that would <br /> differentiate density and "take rate" to make BB affordable <br /> ■ Jim <br /> • Maps—need is wherever there is only one landline provider in County,that's <br /> where need better service <br /> • Service delivery—average cost per mile; problem is areas where there's no <br /> competition; no regulation around forcing competition <br /> ■ Terri <br />