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Quarter 2015

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ew York Governor Andrew

Cuomo in January outlined a

$1 billion broadband program

that he said will leverage both public

and private resources to ensure every

New Yorker has access to high-speed

internet by 2019. He called it the largest

and boldest state investment in universal

broadband deployment in the country.

Cuomo plans to create a $500 million

New NY Broadband Program utilizing

capital funds from bank settlements to

incentivize the private sector to expand

high-speed broadband access in under-

served and unserved areas.

Broadband providers and communities

will use the funding to deliver service

in a given area and must adhere to the

following qualifications:

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Matching private-sector invest-

ments.

Broadband providers seeking

to utilize this funding must provide at

least a 1:1 financial match, which will

push the size of the program above

$1 billion. The state expects that its

investment will serve to stimulate

competition in the broadband market

where none or little exists, improving

affordability and quality of service.

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Unprecedented broadband speed.

Broadband providers must provide

internet speeds of at least 100 Mbps,

with funding priority given to those

delivering the highest speeds at the

lowest cost. In certain limited cases,

providers may offer 25 Mbps speeds

to the most remote unserved and

underserved areas of the state (more

than three times the current standard)

scalable to 100 Mbps or more—if this

provides the best means of achiev-

ing universal broadband access to the

region.

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Local input to guide development.

Building on the successful Connect NY

model, each Regional Economic Devel-

opment Council (REDC) will submit a

comprehensive plan to the state that

identifies unserved and underserved

areas; aggregates demand across

residential, institutional and business

sectors; details the most cost-effective

means to provide universal access;

and leverages state-owned assets

where possible.

New York Pushes Broadband Agenda

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