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Edgar County broadband meeting hears NextLink fixed‑wireless proposal; board discusses tower contract evergreen clause
Summary
County broadband committee talked with NextLink about a fixed‑wireless proposal; county missed round 1 funding due to mapping and will consider supporting NextLink in round 2. Separately, board members discussed a tower contract’s evergreen renewal terms and agreed to take steps to provide notice if they choose to terminate.
Members of the Edgar County Board and the county broadband committee discussed broadband expansion options and a county tower contract during the meeting.
Jeff, a county board member who also serves on the broadband committee, said the committee met remotely with a NextLink representative to discuss fixed‑wireless service proposals after the county failed to qualify for the state’s round‑1 fiber funding because the mapping did not meet the state’s 10% hard-to-reach threshold. "We did not get…
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