Iowa House Passes 100/100 Mbps Broadband Bill
The Iowa House unanimously passed a broadband bill Monday that would require state grant winners to provide at least 100 Mbps symmetrical in targeted service areas. The bill (HB-848) arrived in the Senate the same day. State grants would be…
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awarded based on a three-tier system. It would require state grants to cover 75% of a provider’s costs in unserved areas where no provider has 25/3 Mbps downloads/uploads, 50% in served areas where no provider has downloads of 25-50 Mbps, and 35% in areas where no provider has downloads of 50-80 Mbps. At least 20% of grants would have to go to projects in difficult-to-serve unserved areas.