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Committee pushes to finalize citywide broadband access; staff reports progress on fiber grants
Summary
The committee discussed broadband and voted to add language directing staff to finalize Internet service extension to meet evolving FCC/broadband guidance; staff reported remaining unserved households will likely be covered through a state ‘BEAD’-type program and private provider negotiations.
Committee members discussed closing Wildwood’s broadband gap and directed staff to include a firm performance expectation in the community-services element of the master plan.
Staff reported roughly 395 households remain unserved after earlier phases of the city’s broadband program and that negotiations and a state broadband funding program (described in the meeting as a BEAD-like round) appear likely to bring fiber to many of those addresses. A planning staff member said the provider under consideration expects to reduce…
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