Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 129 - Chief Information Officer, Office of The › Title II - Events › Chapter 20 - Broadband Infrastructure-targeted Service Areas › Rule 129-20.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The definitions in Iowa Code section 8B.1 shall apply to this
				  chapter. In addition, for purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
				  shall apply.
"As of date"
means the as of date of the
				  broadband availability maps and corresponding data sources utilized by the
				  office in determining whether a communications service provider facilitates
				  broadband service in a particular broadband block at or above the download and
				  upload speeds specified in the definition of targeted service area and
				  underlying the statewide map published and then in effect in accordance with
				  rules 129-20.3 (8B,427) and 129-20.4 (8B,427).
"Broadband block"
means:
1. Until the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopts
				  and publishes a publicly available data set identifying a different or more
				  granular unit of measurement(s) by appropriate regulation or order (such as
				  location-specific, address-specific, or polygon-based), a census block.
2. If the FCC adopts and publishes a publicly available data
				  set identifying a different or more granular unit of measurement(s) by
				  appropriate regulation or order (such as location-specific, address-specific,
				  or polygon-based), for purposes of the next iteration of the statewide map
				  published in accordance with rule 129-20.4 (8B,427) following the FCC's
				  adoption of such unit of measurement(s), such unit of measurement(s) as adopted
				  by the FCC and which is located in this state.
"Broadband unit"
or
"broadband
				  units"
means a home, farm, school, or business within a broadband
				  block as of the as of date. The number of broadband units within a broadband
				  block shall be as represented on the statewide map published in accordance with
				  rule 129-20.4 (8B,427).
"Census block"
means a U.S. Census Bureau
				  census block located in this state, including any crop operation located within
				  the census block.
"Chief information officer"
or
"CIO"
means the state chief information officer or the state
				  chief information officer's designee.
"Installation of the broadband
				  infrastructure"
means the labor, construction, building, and
				  furnishing of new physical infrastructure used for the transmission of data
				  that provides broadband services. "Installation of the broadband
				  infrastructure" does not include the process of removing existing
				  infrastructure, fixtures, or other real property in preparation of installation
				  of the broadband infrastructure.
"Materially underserved"
means a broadband
				  block within which less than 10 percent of the geographic area comprising the
				  broadband block is facilitated with broadband service exceeding tier 1 upload
				  and download speeds.
"Meaningfully available"
means broadband
				  service that is facilitated to consumers on a commercially reasonable basis and
				  without significant interruption or delay. In determining whether broadband
				  service is meaningfully available on a commercially reasonable basis, the
				  office may consider product or delivery attributes or characteristics such as
				  availability in terms of average uptime and downtime or latency or delays in
				  the transmission of data.
"Tier 1 targeted service area"
or
"tier 1 TSA"
means a targeted service area within which
				  broadband speeds do not exceed tier 1 speed levels.
"Tier 2 targeted service area"
or
"tier 2 TSA"
means a targeted service area within which
				  broadband speeds do not exceed tier 2 speed levels, but are greater than tier 1
				  speed levels.
"Tier 3 targeted service area"
or
"tier 3 TSA"
means a targeted service area within which
				  broadband speeds do not exceed tier 3 speed levels, but are greater than tier 2
				  speed levels.