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If
members
will
take
their
seat,
now,
remember
to
take
the
seat
and
get
let's
get
going,
it's
one
o'clock
time
for
this
started.
Thank
you
everybody.
This
is
a
interim
meeting
of
tourism,
small
business
information
technology.
So
at
this
point
time,
would
you
call
the
road
please.
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Excused
absence
today
to
be
present
in
this
fashion.
Thank
you.
Senator
mcdaniel
senator
mills,
senator
southworth
senator
storm,
senator
thomas
senator
wheeler,
senator
wilson,
senator
yates
representative
baker,
representative
beckler,
here,
representative
bojanowski,
president
representative
brainscan,
here
representative
brown,
representative,
calloway,
present
representative
donohue.
Yes,.
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A
Sorry
one
second,
we
need
to
prove
the
meetings
means
from
last
minutes.
Do
I
hear
a
second
first?
Second,
thank
god
I
hear
a
second
got
it
all
right.
Thank
you
all
all
in
favor,
say
aye
paul,
say,
nay,
it
passed.
Thank
you
sorry
about
that.
Put
me
a
little
bit
off
my
game,
but
all
right
at
this
point
time,
mr
hicks,
when
you're
ready
please
proceed.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
D
My
name
is
john
hicks.
I'm
state
budget
director.
D
D
There
we
go
all
right,
go
ahead
and
click,
although
once
yeah
anyway,
we
want
to
some
pretty
good
feedback.
I
think
you've
got
sasha
if
you
don't
mind
we're
getting
feedback
here
from.
D
Anyway,
we'll
give
a
little
bit
of
history,
300
million
dollars
that
the
general
assembly
is
appropriated
in
the
last
two
sessions
for
the
broadband
deployment
fund,
and
that
has
will
it
all
right.
Well,
we'll
just
there
we
go
all
right
and
at
the
last
session
we
had
to
split
that
up
into
two
pots:
117
million
from
the
american
rescue
plan
acts.
It's
called
the
state
fiscal
recovery
fund
and
183
million
roughly
from
the
capital
projects
fund
of
the
american
rescue
plan.
D
So
so
originally
it
was
all
from
the
state
fiscal
recovery
fund
and
we
had
to
split
it
up
for
numerous
reasons
and
you
all
appropriated
that
final
piece
in
the
22
session.
So
we
had
just
completed
awards.
We
recently
announced
47
awards
from
the
first
round
of
funding
and
that
funding
just
to
write
90
million
in
the
broadband
deployment
funds
with
at
least
a
50
match,
which
is
a
little
bit
higher.
D
So
a
total
investment
of
over
200
million
dollars
through
those
projects
it
will
cover
more
than
34
000
households
and
businesses
who
are
unserved,
and
that
was
at
the
time
that
was
defined
as
10
mega
download
one
meg
upload,
so
very,
very
low
speed
or
no
internet
at
all
touches
36
counties
and
we
still
have
27
million
left
from
that
initial
tranche
of
appropriation.
D
Next
steps,
we
are
you
created
in
house
bill
315
passed
this
past
session.
You
created
the
office
of
broadband
development.
Kentucky
was
one
of
the
final
states
to
set
up
a
formal
structure
in
the
executive
branch
for
broadband,
we're
in
the
process
of
recruiting
the
executive
director
and
standing
that
up,
but
we're
not
standing
still.
In
the
meantime,
the
next
set
of
funds
in
which
we're
going
to
target
for
additional
projects
around
the
state
is
the
capital
projects
fund
at
183
million.
D
Roughly
that's
coming
from
again
it
was
it's
a
different
set
of
rules
than
the
first
around
the
117
that
we
million
that
we
have
and
so
we're
we're
working
with
the
u.s
department
of
treasury
on
preparing
a
grant
program,
a
grant
plan.
That's
part
of
the
application
process,
so
we've
got
to
go
through
the
u.s
treasury
with
a
plan
before
we
can
activate
and
receive
that
182
million.
That's
the
point
I
want
to
make
here
so
we've.
D
Actually
we
even
got
a
call
with
them
monday
on
this
and
then
I'll
talk
about
house
bill.
315's
highlights
talk
about
really
the
big
pot
of
money.
That's
coming
down
the
pike
and
also
there
was
an
program
in
house
bill
315
for
poll
replacement
subsidies.
D
So
the
office
of
broadband
development,
it's
administratively
attached
to
kentucky
infrastructure
authority,
where
sandy
williams
is
lots
of
broad,
ranging
duties
to
be
the
single
point
of
contact
to
be
the
conduit
for
information
from
local
governments
and
local
communities
to
be
the
administrator
of
this
300
million
dollars
and
the
future
funding
is
coming
out
infrastructure
bill,
we're
going
to
create
a
strategic
plan
or
a
master
plan.
That
is
not
only
required
by
your
legislation,
but
it's
also
required
for
the
infrastructure
bills.
Funding
that
I'll
talk
about
in
a
few
minutes.
D
Thank
you
maintained
data
and
statistics,
and
you
also
kind
of
set
up
I'll
call
it
a
complaint
department
in
in
the
new
office
of
broadband
development
that
we
have
to
stand
up,
which
is
to
you
know
so
that
that
probably
will
get
a
lot
of
calls
one
day
when
we
get
when
we
get
it
going,
but
it
was.
It
was
a
part
of
the
legislation
and,
let
me
just
say,
mr
chairman:
I've
had
the
opportunity,
I'm
the
state
budget
director.
So
what
am
I
doing
in
broadband?
D
And
the
answer
is
we
didn't?
Have
anybody
in
broadband,
so
the
governor
gave
me
this
portfolio
last
fall
and
and
and
ural's
help
with
the
creation
of
new
office
is
going
to
allow
us
to.
You
know,
create
the
capacity
inside
the
executive
branch
to
do
this
on
an
ongoing
basis.
D
So
but
we're
gonna
be
we're
gonna
be
moving
forward.
You
know
with
with
a
lot
of
effort
in
because
we've
got
a
lot
of
federal
dollars
coming
down
the
pike
and
we've
got
a
lot
of
need
in
kentucky,
so
the
capital
projects
fund,
182
million.
I
was
just
talking
about
the
passage
of
your
legislation
is
very
consistent
with
the
capital
projects
fund,
the
federal
dollars
in
terms
of
what
they
expected.
D
They
were
thrilled
to
hear
that
we're
putting
all
of
it
into
broadband
deployment,
because
there
was,
there
were
like
three
possible
uses
of
that
fund
from
the
federal
grant
and
we're
putting
all
of
it
in
broadband
deployment,
and
they
that's
what
they
wanted,
but
didn't
matter
what
they
wanted,
what
we
wanted,
and
so
so
they
were
that
when
some
of
the
specificity
that
you
all
put
in
house
bill,
315
as
to
the
priority,
where
should
our
money
go?
D
So
you
at
least
took-
and
it's
taken
a
step
that
said
well,
we'll
give
you
a
little
more
money
if
you're
under
this
circumstance
in
this
condition,
and
people
are
really
interested
in
the
fact
that
that's
in
state
law
here
in
kentucky
so
and
gotten
a
lot
of
positive
feedback
about
that.
D
So
the
next
round
of
funding
we're
gonna
do
we're
gonna,
try
to
work
in
a
contemporaneous
way,
we're
going
to
work
on
our
grant
plan
to
submit
the
u.s
department
of
treasury
and
we're
working
on
a
a
grant
application
process
that
abides
by
that
particular
set
of
federal
rules
and
abides
by
house
bill
315,
which
has
some,
as
I
mentioned,
very
different
set
of
priorities
there,
and
so
we're
we're
not
going
to
wait
for
the
feds
to
give
us
the
full
okay
before
we
develop
the
grant
application.
D
All
right,
I
think
I've
already
covered
most
of
this.
So
one
of
the
things
I
didn't
mention
in
terms
of
the
47
awards
that
we
did
the
89
million
a
large
percentage
of
trying
to
remember
what
percentage.
A
good
number
of
those
awards
had
fiscal
court
funds
in
their
estate
match,
and
you
know
I
found
that
heartening,
it
that
showed
the
involvement
of
the
community,
the
commitment
of
the
elected
leaders
at
the
local
level
that
they
put
their
own
money
toward
that
50
match
requirement.
D
So
to
me
that
was
just
indicative
of
of
the
level
of
effort,
that's
going
on
out
in
the
state
among
our
communities
and
trying
to
get
broadband
to
unserved
areas
in
kentucky,
and
I
thought
you
know
that
was
just
great
to
see
some
of
the
other
items
in
house
bill.
315
you've
got
that
no
substitution,
no
overlap.
Don't
don't
give
out
these
these
dollars
to
areas
that
have
already
received
federal
grants?
D
There's
a
you
know
some
there's
a
requirement
in
the
federal
rules
that
we
have
at
least
100
meg
upload
download
requirement
with
some
preferences
that
you
know
down
the
road
if
we
get
to.
If
we
have
enough
money
to
get
to
those
that
have
gigabit
speed,
but
that's
that's
kind
of
the
order
of
priority
that
I've
got
on
the
on
the
slide
there
thanks.
D
Let
me
talk
about
the
federal.
I
call
it
the
infrastructure
bill,
it's
easy
to
say,
there's
the
beed
program,
which
is
stands
for
the
broadband
equity
access
and
deployment
program,
42
billion
dollars
nationwide
to
go
to
50
states
and
territories
and
and
our
tribal
locations
the
law
required.
The
law
says
100
million
minimum,
so
the
the
and
they've
split
the
funds
up,
so
37.2
million
is
going
to
be
allocated
based
on
a
new
map
from
the
federal
communications
commission,
the
fcc.
D
Now
everybody
knows
that
the
fcc
maps
that
they've
had
in
the
past
have
been
not
as
useful
in
describing
in
detail
the
speed
or
lack
of
internet
in
specific
locations.
They've
been
by
another
piece
of
federal
legislation
past
two
years
ago,
gathering
more
specific
data
and
they're
gathering
it
right
now.
The
reason
that
matters
is
once
they've
completed
that
map
and
the
challenges
to
that
map
that
will
help
determine
what
share
of
the
37.2
should
say
billion.
It
says
million
what
share
of
the
37.2
billion
kentucky
gets
all
right.
D
So
so
it's
somewhat
of
a
function
of
the
number
and
locations
and
size
of
unserved
areas.
So
we've
seen
some
outside
estimates.
These
are
not
the
federal
government's
estimates
of
what
kentucky
could
get
and
one
of
them
is
around
700
million.
So
if
you
take
300
million
that
you've
already
appropriated
and
we
get
another
700
million-
that's
a
billion
dollars
to
deploy
broadband
in
kentucky,
that's
pretty
exciting
and-
and
the
timing
of
that
is
not
certain
yet.
But
we
don't
expect
anything
to
happen
this
calendar
year
in
terms
of
the
allocation
of
funding.
D
Anyone
who
wants
to
can
challenge,
no,
that's
an
unserved
location
and
you
show
it
as
being
served,
and
so
that's
an
effort,
that's
going
to
take
a
bit,
but
it's
going
to
give
the
entire
country
the
opportunity
to
weigh
in
on.
What's
really
that.
So
if
you
go
talk
to
a
magistrate-
and
you
know
in
the
fiscal
court
in
franklin
county,
they
can
tell
you
where
the
unserved
locations
are.
D
You
can
too
in
many
cases,
so
there's
an
opportunity
to
correct
and
ver
improve
the
unserved
locations
across
the
country,
but
specifically
in
kentucky
as
a
part
of
the
infrastructure,
broadband
programs
there's
another
set
of
dollars
associated
with
digital
equity,
and
that
means-
and
I
use
it
this
way
in
order
to
in
order
for
a
household
and
a
business
to
successfully
and
fully
use
broadband
and
high-speed
internet.
D
They
need
three
things:
they
need
access
to
broadband,
they
need
the
devices
to
connect
the
broadband
and
they
need
the
skills
to
use
those
devices
in
the
high-speed
internet.
And,
as
we've
known
you
know
for
years
as
we
we
started
to
gear
up
into
the
internet,
how
libraries
used
to
help
people
access
the
internet
and
even
teach
individuals
on
how
to
how
to
turn
it
on
how
to
connect.
It
well
think
of
that
in
a
much
larger
scope.
D
We,
you
know,
you
can't
just
build
it
and
they
will
come
right.
We're
going
to
have
some
assistance
here
at
the
community
level
that
enables
people
to
learn
how
to
or
find
resources
to
enable
them
to
use
broadband
so
that
they
can
be
full
participants
to
the
extent
that
they
want
to.
With,
with
the
with
the
availability
of
that,
and
of
course,
affordability
is
another
key
component
of
this
right.
D
You
just
can't
have
it
and
be
expensive
and
you
can't
afford
it,
so
you
can't
use
it
right,
so
affordability
is
a
key
element,
as
we
put
our
plans
together
as
we
put
our
priorities
together
for
these,
these
grant
applications.
That's
a
very
important
point.
The
federal
government
has
the
affordable
connectivity
program.
They
just
rebranded,
recently
thirty
dollars
a
month
with
a
lot
of
presumptive
eligibility.
D
You
can
click
online
and
easily
access
that
you
know
back
back
at
your
homes
for
people
who
have
they're
either
snap
benefits,
medicaid
eligible
all
kinds
of
ways
for
them
to
be
presumptively
eligible,
and
so
we're
we're.
Looking
at
that,
you
know
in
terms
of
when
we
get,
we
write
our
grant
application
when
we
review
and
evaluate
those
grant
applications.
Affordability
is
a
component,
that's
very
important.
It's
got
to
be
accessible
even
physically.
It's
there,
so
so
digital
equity
digital
skills
is
we're.
D
Putting
together,
we've
got
a
planning
grant
already
with
the
feds
we're
getting
approval
for
we'll
have
just
under
a
year
to
do
a
statewide
plan.
So
we're
going
to
be
talking
all
your
communities
about
how
will
they
engage
in
helping
out
with
this
issue
state
government's
not
going
to
be
doing
this
right?
It's
got
to
happen
there
at
the
local
level
and
so
that'll
lead
to
capacity
grants.
We've
got
five
years
of
over
four
million
dollars
that
will
come
after
that
that
that
plan
is
submitted
that
will
enable
community.
D
You
know,
organizations
of
all
types
to
avail
themselves
and
some
resources
to
help
kind
of
gear
up
and
improve
the
amount
of
digital
literacy
there
at
the
local
levels,
and
it
also
has
to
align
with
the
the
the
big
bead
program,
which
the
plan
that
I
talked
about
a
strategic
plan.
It's
the
federal
government's
calling
it
a
five-year
action
plan.
So
that's
we
will
submit
that
plan
before
the
700
million
plus
rolls
out
to
kentucky.
D
Also
in
315,
this
is
just
a
note.
You,
you
included
20
million
dollars
from
this
arpa
funds
for
a
poll
replacement
subsidy
program
called
the
rural
infrastructure
improvement
program.
Basically,
it's
to
help
subsidize
the
cost
of
pole
replacements,
particularly
for
unfor
projects,
they're
going
to
yield
broadband
deployment
to
unserved
areas
right.
It
can't
just
be
any
pole.
D
It
has
to
be
a
pole
that
is
under
within
a
project
that's
going
to
lead
to
broadband
in
an
unserved
area
so
similar
to
the
other
funding,
but
this
is
just
kind
of
a
carve
out
that
would
subsidize
through
a
set
of
restrictions
and
requirements
that
you
put
in
the
statute,
the
20
million
dollars
to
come
to
assist
and
and
so
big
picture.
What
are
we
doing
with
a
billion
dollars?
D
What
are
we
doing
with
this
20
million
we're
trying
to
lower
the
cost
of
capital
to
providers
so
that
they
can
make
it
commercially
feasible
to
get
to
unserved
and
underserved
areas
of
kentucky
right?
So
that's.
Why
is
the?
Why
is
this
a
public,
private
partnership?
You
know
in
electricity.
You
know
years
ago
right
you
had
a
universal
service
requirement
right.
You
had
to
right
electric
utilities.
They
could
not
serve
the
house
at
the
end
of
the
county
road
here,
it's
a
different
approach.
D
You
know
there's
no
have
to
here,
but
we're
trying
to
lower
the
cost
of
capital,
so
that
providers
can
afford
to
do
this,
and
so
so
that
this
is
the
poll.
Replacement
program
is
a
component
of
that
kind
of
public
policy,
so
there'll
be
an
application
that
has
to
be
available
by
september,
one
in
a
you
know,
just
in
specifically
following
house
bill
315
as
to
who
gets
the
money
and
and
and
how
does
it,
how
do
they
apply
and
how
does
it
get
evaluated?
A
Thank
you,
sir,
for
your
presentation,
as
I
suspect
there'll
be
some.
We
do
have
several
questions
already.
First
up
representative
bozenowski.
B
B
D
I
have
thoughts,
but
I
can't
reveal
them
now
because
we're
literally
in
the
interview
process,
so
you
know,
but
looking
forward,
nobody
will
be
happier
than
me
that
you
get
an
executive
director
on
board.
So
we're
looking
at
we're
thinking
about
several
things:
one:
the
requirements
of
house,
bill,
315
and
the
federal
law.
So
we've
got
to
put
a
plan
together,
a
five-year
action
plan
and
and
to
do
that,
we've
got
to
have
a
robust
set
of
community
engagement.
So
we've
got
to
go
talk
to
everybody
right.
We
got
to
talk
to
providers.
D
We
got
to
talk
to
local
elected
officials
to
non-profits,
to
education
to
post-secondary.
You
know
anybody
we
can
think
of
who
have
something
to
say
about
putting
this
plan
together.
Now
we'll
say,
house
bill
315
and
its
predecessors
does
a
whole
lot
of
you
know
kind
of
setting
the
stage
of
where
do
we
want
to
put
our
money,
but
at
the
same
time
we
still
want
to
put
a
plan
together.
Part
of
the
requirements
of
the
legislation
is
to
create
a
mapping
function
that
we
perpetually
keep
up.
D
So
while
the
fcc
will
have
its
map
we're
going
to
have
a
kentucky
map
that
is
going
to
have
information,
that
is,
that
goes
beyond
the
fcc
map,
because
we
want
to
know
not
only
where
is
it
and
where
is
it
not
at
what
speed
is
it
at?
What
price
is
it?
What
is
the
adoption
rates
that
are
taking
place
in
those
areas?
So
so
so
we're
gonna,
so
we're
gonna
have
the
kind
of
staff
we're
gonna
have
and
then
we're
gonna
be
administering
grants
of
up
to
a
billion
dollars
over
a
multi-year
period.
D
So
we're
gonna
have
grant
administrators
right.
You
need.
You
need
good
technical
administrative
staff
to
be
able
to
handle
that
volume.
We're
gonna
have
we're.
Gonna
have
the
capacity
to
do
the
mapping
sandy
williams
staff
over
in
the
kentucky
infrastructure
authority.
We
borrowed
them
for
this
first
round
because
they
have
really
tremendous
geographic
information
system
capabilities
with
the
water
and
sewer
infrastructure
here
in
kentucky,
so
they
were
invaluable,
but
we
want
to
create
some
capacity
there
that
that
continues
to
have.
You
know
that
broadband
map
be
up
to
date.
D
We
need
we're
gonna
have
we
need
communicators
and
the
executive
director
will
carry
a
lot
of
that
burden.
Right.
We've
got
to
get
the
word
out
right.
We've
got
to
answer
questions.
We've
got
to
be
out
there
talking
about
what
the
ability
is.
We've
got
to
be
answering
questions
of
people
who
want
to
apply.
You
know
even
before
our
first
round
we
got
plenty
of
those
from
county
judge
executives,
for
example
in
legislators
and
others,
and
so
we're
still
kind
of
sizing.
D
What
we're
going
to
need
now,
I
will
say
the
federal
dollars
that
are
sparked
about
for
the
bead
program.
You
have
a
there's,
a
planning
grant.
That
is
going
to
be
the
next
step,
and
you
have
some
ability
there,
it's
one-time
money
for
several
years,
but
we'll
be
able
to
bulk
up
the
capacity
of
the
office
with
federal
dollars.
For
this
this
you
know
the
surge
that
we're
gonna
have
in
activity.
So
so
those
are
those
are
kind
of
thoughts,
we're
going
to
share
services
administratively,
with
the
kentucky
infrastructure
authority.
D
They
are
they're
very
good
at
doing
very
specific
things
with
their
revolving
loan
fund
loan
programs.
In
the
in
the
cleaner
water
grant
program,
so
we're
going
to
we're
going
to
share
some
backs
back
office
capabilities
there,
so
no
need
to
recreate
the
wheel
when
we've
got
some
capacity
there.
D
D
Like
put
in
your
birthday
and
things
like
it,
but
you,
but
one
of
the
there
are
covered
populations
in
that
federal
law
on
the
digital
equity
act
and
senior
citizens
are
one
of
them.
So
it's
not
just
for
jobs,
for
education
for
entertainment,
right,
it's
it's
trying
to
also
address
you
know
others,
you
know
who
need
the
internet
for
obvious
things.
D
We
don't
know
that
for
certain
I
can
tell
them,
and
so
that's
part
of
part
of
the
things
we
did
with
the
first
round.
Was
we
let
the
providers,
the
applicants
come
and
and
tell
us
right,
and
they
gave
us
very
specific.
It
was
an
address
list
and
a
map.
I
mean
it
was
very
specific
as
to
that
with
verification
that
those
were
at
least
10,
meg
or
less
in
terms
of
download
speed.
So
so
that
to
us
was
it
was
it?
Was
it
helped?
D
It
helped
start
our
map,
which
is
this,
is
where
there's
unserved.
We
had
done
a
speed
test
process
about
a
year
ago,
where
people
self
reported
this.
You
know
where
they
were
and
the
speed
that
they
had
or
didn't
have,
and
so
that
went
into
our
map
too,
as
well.
So
you
know
so
those
things
were
just
I'll,
say,
baby
steps
to
your
question
and
so
house
bill
315
basically
gives
us
a
requirement
of
no
more
baby
steps.
D
B
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
I'm
over
here.
I
think
you
might
have
touched
on
the
answer
to
my
question.
In
representative
bojanowski's
question,
as
we
were
going
through
your
wonderful
presentation,
I
noticed
in
the
lower
left-hand
corner
it
references
water,
resource
information
system,
a
term
I
wasn't
familiar
with,
so
I
just
pulled
it
up
to
see
what
it
was
and
it
on
the
introduction
page.
It
talks
all
about
water
and
waste
water.
The
only
time
internet
is
is
referenced.
B
There
is
that's
how
you
can
access
the
water
and
wastewater
information,
so
I
guess
I'm
learning
now
that
so
you're
going
to
use
that
skeleton
that
infrastructure
to
also
track
the
internet.
Help
me
understand
it's
important
or
it
wouldn't
have
been
on
all
your
slides.
Well,.
D
The
first
thing
is
that
sandy
williams,
who
has
been
graciously
devoted
a
lot
of
her
time
to
this
broadband
effort,
works
for
the
kentucky
infrastructure
authority,
and
this
is
the
template
that
they
use
when
they
do
powerpoint,
so
that
my
first
explanation
is
really
simple:
don't
take
too
much
meaning
into
that,
but
I
will
say
for
on
on
behalf
of
the
water
resource
information.
D
Kentucky
was
one
of
the
first
states
in
the
country
to
put
together
such
a
robust
database
of
of
where
our
water
and
wastewater
is-
and
I
don't
want
to
need
to
go
into
that.
But
that's
what
in
the
ad
districts
and
local
governments
who
water
districts
who
apply
for
funds
through
the
infrastructure
authority,
use
that
system,
and
so
we
used
it.
We
borrowed
it
in
a
way
for
a
part
of
the
broadband
just
because
we
had
some
functionality
there.
That
was
useful
so
now
pretty
soon
I'll
promise.
B
B
Yes,
thank
you
for
the
presentation
I
do
know
where
some
of
the
unserved
areas
are
because
I
drive
through
them
consistently
in
breckenridge
county
and
so
we're
excited
about.
What's
going
on
with
this,
you
was
talking
about
the
bead
program
and
I
just
from
your
knowledge.
What
do
you?
B
D
I'll
give
you
100
probability
that
we're
going
to
get
that
money,
because
we
will
cross
all
the
t's
and
dot
all
the
eyes
to
make
sure
and
in
the
national
telecommunications
information
administration
who's
going
to
administer
that
fund.
They
want
us
to
have
this
money.
They've
been
very
helpful,
so
so
that
that
I'm
not
concerned
about
that
at
all.
D
As
to
the
700
million,
I
don't
know,
there's
some
smart
people
who
pay
attention
to
good
data
came
up
with
an
estimate
and-
and
I
thought
it
was-
and
I've
seen
two
estimates
and
they're
both
in
the
same
ballpark.
So
I
consider
it
kind
of
an
indicative
value.
You
know
my
peers
in
the
other
states.
They
all
look
at
the
same
data
and
say
what
do
we
think
we're
going
to
get
so
so
it's
somebody's
good
guess
right
now
got
you.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
represent
a
rural
area
in
southeastern
kentucky
and
one
of
the
biggest
issues
I
deal
with
on
a
regular
basis
is
internet
reception
or
internet
services,
and
a
lot
of
my
constituents
do
not
have
it.
C
Majority
of
it
is
used
to
access
college
classes
online
as
school
projects
etc,
and
even
we
all
know
that
a
lot
of
classroom
work
is
homework
is
assignments
on
the
computer,
and
so
many
of
my
constituents
do
not
have
access
and
it
breaks
my
heart.
Actually,
I
have
to
sit
in
one
section
of
my
house
to
be
able
to
join
a
zoom
meeting
and
if
I
move
I'm
going
to
lose
signal,
I
laugh
and
tell
everybody
that
I
might
have
to
go
climb
a
tree
to
get
better
signal.
C
But
how
long
do
you
think
this
money
is
is
going
to
be
before
this
money
actually
hits
the
ground?
And
I
I
work
for
government
services
for
31
years.
I
know
the
government
process.
Okay,
but
what
can
I
tell
my
people,
because
there
is
people
that
that
could
actually
work
from
their
home
and
they've
actually
will
not
work
because
they
have
children
and
it's
not
feasible
financially
for
them
to
go
out
into
the
labor
market
the
time
they
have
to
pay
child
care,
but
they
would
be
happy
to
work
from
home.
D
Thank
you
for
your
comments
and
your
question.
I
would
first
say-
and
I
would
say
this
to
you
all
and
I'll
say
this
to
other
local
elected
officials.
D
D
You
know
to
to
make
that
worth.
You
know
to
make
it
work
for
them.
So
so
the
first
thing
I
would
say
is
you
know
if
you've
got
unserved
areas,
please
get
with
your
providers
in
your
areas
and
encourage
them.
You
know
down
when
it
when
times
comes
to
apply
for
these
funds.
So
so
to
me,
that's
you
know
we're
all
dependent
upon
their
ability
to
you
know,
access
these
funds
and
then
and
utilize
them
as
to
the.
When
you
know
that
I
would
say
we're.
Gonna
have
multiple
rounds.
D
I
expect
in
the
future
of
these
grant
awards.
I
would
expect
the
next
one
to
be.
You
know
you
know
later
this
year
that
180
million
I
was
talking
about
the
capital
projects
fund.
Once
we
get
the
federal,
you
know,
approval
of
that
and
then
the
700
million
or
whatever
the
number
will
be
from
the
infrastructure
bill.
You
know
that's
not
going
to
come
down
to
pike,
we're
not
going
to
get
that.
Let
me
just
say
until
I'd
say:
fall
of
23
is
probably
the
earliest
possible
date.
D
I
would
expect-
and
maybe
a
little
bit
later
so
so
we're
talking
about
having
it
around
here
later
this
year
and
then
probably
having
to
wait
close
to
another
year
for
the
that
infrastructure
money
to
come
downhill.
A
C
Thank
you,
mr
hicks.
That
is
one
of
the
biggest
issues
with
my
constituents
right
now
and
has
been
since
I've
been
a
legislator
is
we
have,
of
course,
water
issues
and
then
the
next
one
was
internet
I'll
be
watching,
and
I
will
keep
my
local
people
informed
and
let
them
go
after
it.
So
I
appreciate
thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
and
actually
I
have
several
questions.
I
know
you'd
find
it
right.
Anyways,
director
hicks
again,
I'm
unfortunate.
I'm
probably
gonna.
Ask
you
questions
that
you're,
not
well
that
you,
you
got
put
in
a
bad
situation,
but
when
not
who,
but
when
will
you
hire
a
director?
A
A
I
I
notice
in
the
89
million
you
laid
out
for
in
the
last
round
of
grants
for
broadband
deployment.
Everything
I
read
from
the
federal
government
says
it's
got
to
be
100
100..
We
didn't
do
that
if
we
didn't.
Why
didn't
we
do
that?
We
did
do
that
report
I
saw
earlier.
I
said
it
did
not:
okay,
good,
that
that's
good!
No.
A
Okay,
good
because
I
was
like:
why
are
we
doing
this?
Okay,
you
know
again
you're
right,
I'm
glad
to
see
you.
You
know
key
components
for
broadband
deployment.
A
long
time
is,
you
know
you
have
to
have
a
dedicated
office
which
we're
finally
doing
got
to
have
planning
competitive
grant
programs.
Those
are
things
that's
going
to
be
important
without
doubt,
especially
getting
all
this
federal
money.
A
My
other
question
is:
how
did
we
do
our
mapping
now
you
touched
on
it
a
little
bit,
but
basically
was
it.
The
providers
told
you
that,
because
I'm
concerned
about
that,
because
when
skycam
did
their
broadband
deployment,
which,
by
the
way
skycam
put
in
three,
they
got
they
put
in
three
million
the
provider
put
in
18
million
and
they're
getting
every
household,
that's
unserved
done.
They
found
38
of
providers,
they
hired
a
consultant
and
38
of
those
speeds.
They
say
they
were
delivering,
was
not
what
they
were
delivering.
So
how
did
we
do
our
mapping.
D
What
we
we,
what
we
did
in
the
grant
application,
mr
chairman,
is
we
we
we
asked.
Do
we
ask
the
applicants?
You
know
the
providers
in
many
cases,
but
we
had
boone
county.
For
example,
was
a
fiscal
court
was
an
applicant
to
to
identify
themselves
the
the
locations
they
plan
to
serve
in
their
application?
D
That
met
the
requirement
of
being
under
10
meg
downloads?
So
so
they
and
then
there
was
a
challenge
process,
as
the
statute
requires.
You
know,
say:
if
there
was
another
provider
who
serviced
that
area
in
with
a
sufficient
speed,
you
know
that
they
could
challenge,
say
no
and
we
so
we
we,
we
had
those
those
types
of
challenges
and
the
law
allowed
the
original
applicant
to
modify
their
application
and
remove
those
locations.
D
A
Thanks,
sir,
also
with
the
since
you
get
the
office
going,
the
only
thing
I
did
notice
that
on
one
of
many
zooms
I've
been
on
broadband,
those
four
million
dollars,
the
federal
government
will
give
us
the
day
we
develop
our
broadband
office.
No
questions
asked
they
will
absolutely
just
send
it
down
to
you.
So
please
get
that
office
up
going
because
it
actually
did
have
a
timeline
on
it.
I
can't
remember
what
it
was:
I'd
have
to
go
through
one
of
my
100
pages
of
notes
on
that
yeah.
D
Let
me
ask
you:
that's
yes,
sir:
in
order
to
out
of
the
bead
program,
the
infrastructure
bill
states
can
apply
for
up
to
five
million
in
planning
grants
and
that
planning
grant
application
is
due
august
15..
So
you
have
to
go
through
a
process
and
submit
a
planning,
grant
application
and
they're
not
going
to
award
any
of
them
until
all
you
know
their
all
the
applications
are
in,
but
that
that
is
that's
what
I
was
mentioned
to
representative
janowski's
question
about
some
other
funds
that
can
build
up
our
capacity.
Yes,.
A
A
This
is
probably
a
little
bit
out
of
your
wheelhouse,
but
it
said
a
celecom
which
is
part
kentucky
wired
wholesale
internet
provider
for
kentucky
wired
is
currently
deploying
broadband
instructors,
connect
kentucky
last
mile
service
providers
and
enterprise
customers
per
the
2017
wholesale
agreement
between
kentucky
telecoms
telecom
required
to
provide
records
and
reports
related
to
wholesale
services
to
the
state
at
least
quarterly
loic
staff
determined
that
a
telecom
has
not
yet
provided
quarterly
reports
to
kcna
relayed
to
wholesale
services.
D
I
don't
have
any
more
detailed
information
from
the
kentucky
communications
network
authority,
the
agency.
That's
doing
that
I
will
or
we'll
just
add
one
comment.
Is
that
we're
we're
just
now
finishing
that
you
know
construction
that
network
we
still
have.
We
still
have
some
mileage
over
that
we
got
to
get
an
an
easement
from
the
u.s
department
of
defense
to
go
across
fort
knox.
So
so
there
are
a
cup
there
are
pieces
and
there
are
small
pieces
in
western
kentucky
they're
still
being
completed.
D
So
so
one
of
the
things
is
that
in
many
cases
the
rings
weren't
complete
to
have
a
you
know
to
be
able
to
sell
the
fiber
if
you
will
wholesale
so,
but
but
as
to
the
specifics
on
your
question
I'll
yield
to
the
agency.
A
Okay
well
yeah.
I
may
go
back
and
I
was
interested
in
that
port
that
kentucky
will
not
see
a
dime
back
out
of
kentucky
kentucky
wired,
the
wiring
until
20
35
at
best.
A
C
Oh,
thank
you
very
much.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
pr
presentation
today
because,
as
a
representative
for
eastern
kentucky,
which
broadband
is
the
expansion
of
broadband,
is
very
important
to
us.
I
I've
really
found
a
lot
of
your
information
very
helpful.
You
did
say
that
it's
very
important
that
you
all
receive
an
application
from
providers
or
maybe
local
county
governments
now
and
it
would
be
important.
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
be
able
to
communicate
to
those
folks
in
our
areas,
maybe
how
they
need
to
do
that.
D
You
know
the
veil
of
the
the
expectation
of
when
we're
going
to
put
it
out
and
then,
when
we
put
it
out-
and
so
my
my
hope
and
I'm
happy
like
to
come
to
the
committee
of
meetings
like
this,
to
help
get
the
word
out-
is
we're
going
to
have
another
round
of
applications
get
ready
because
you
know
take
some
good
planning.
You
know
from
from
for
these
projects,
I
mean
having
been
a
part
of
reviewing
the
applications
that
came
in
a
lot
of
work
goes
in
to
developing
that
plan.
D
Identifying
the
locations
you
know
costing
it
out
working
through
the
details,
so
so
the
application-
hopefully
you
know,
is-
is
a
trigger
for
some
of
the
planning
that
has
preceded
it,
and
so,
even
though
we
don't
have
an
application
out
yet
for
folks,
you
know
who
who
are
interested
and
I've
talked
to
plenty
in
in
the
industry
and
continue
to
you
know,
communicate
we're
gonna,
we're
gonna
do
another
round
here
soon
and
it's
gonna,
be
you
know,
house
bill
315
no
serve
first
unserved
trying
to
get
that
word
out,
so
they
can
prepare
and
get
ready
for
that
because,
because
you
know
it
takes
it,
there
is
some
effort.
D
You
know
the
pre-design
they
have
to
do,
and
some
of
the
some
of
the
engineering
that
takes
place
is
can
be
complicated.
But
hopefully
you
know
hopefully-
and
I've
been
the
for
fortunate
to
be
around
a
couple
of
national
meetings
where
you
know
my
colleague
from
tennessee
is
going
to
come
here
and
talk
about
that,
where
the
providers
are
really
clued
in
to
the
fact
that
this
funding
is
available,
I
mean
so
they
they're
as
knowledgeable
as
anybody
about
this
and
you're
right.
D
The
specifics
of
when
is
kentucky
going
to
be
ready
to
do
something
is,
is
the
next
answer
that
I
want
to
give
you
all
is
exactly
when
we'll
have
that
grant
application
ready.
D
D
C
B
Hello,
thank
you
all
so
much
and
thank
you,
mr
chair
hi.
I
really
just
have
more
of
a
comment
than
a
question
just
to
thank
you
for
your
work,
I'm
so
happy
that
that
all
of
us
have
made
this
a
priority,
and
I
think
that
we
were
all
aware
of
the
discrepancies
that
were
here
in
the
state,
but
the
pandemic.
B
If
there
was
a
silver
lining
to
the
pandemic,
it's
that
it
really
pushed
this
to
the
forefront
for
all
of
us
to
realize
just
how
desperate
people
are
to
get
the
service
out,
and
I
grew
up
in
a
hauler
in
eastern
kentucky
and
my
parents
still
live
there
and
they
do
have
service.
But
when
I
am
there
and
you
take
their
their
tv,
that's
streaming
and
their
phones
that
are
attached
and
their
ipads
that
are
attached,
and
my
husband
and
I
come
in
with
our
iphones
and
our
ipads.
B
You
know
it,
it
slows
it
down
and
they
are
paying
what
they
are.
Paying
for.
Internet
access
is
really
kind
of
unbelievable,
but
I
also
want
to
say
I
think,
a
lot
of
those
folks
when
I
talk
about
this
folks
from
back
home
are
like
oh
but
you're
in
fayette
county,
and
they
don't
understand
that
even
fayette
county
has
some
very
very
rural
areas
and
those
folks
are
unserved
or
underserved.
B
So
I
I
think
that
this
is
a
much
larger
issue
than
a
lot
of
people
understand,
and
I
think
that
it's
not
just
our
eastern
kentucky
and
western
kentucky
folks
that
that
desperately
need
service,
that
those
students
need
to
be
able
to
access
and
that
people
that
are
trying
to
work
from
home
need
to
access
this.
So
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you're
doing
and
to
tack
on
a
little
bit
to
representative
tackett
lafferty's
comments
when
you
all
are
getting
ready
for
deadlines,
and
things
like
that
are
happening.
B
Please
be
sure
that
we
get
lots
of
email
blasts,
don't
feel
like
you're
you're
bombarding
us.
We
do
get
a
lot
of
emails
here,
as
everyone
can
can
attest,
but
I
want
to
be
sure
that
we
can
get
our
our
that
we
know
what
to
do
to
help
our
folks,
so
don't
ever
feel
like
you're
bombarding
us.
Please
send
us
all
of
all
of
the
information.
Thank
you.
B
D
B
B
Or
someone
in
a
very
rural
area
are
there's
options
such
like
starlink,
which
is
a
satellite
service,
that
you
know
that
that
we
wouldn't
have
to
run
miles
and
miles
of
wiring
and
get
permissions
from
all
the
telephone
companies.
Rather
than
doing
that,
and
is
there
any
options
when
it
comes
to
those
sort
of
things
for
providers,
because
I
think
we
could
probably
access
it
much
quicker
if
we
look
at
alternative
technologies.
D
I
understand
your
question.
Thank
you
for
it,
there
is
a
heavy
focus
in
house
bill
315
and
in
the
federal
government's
legislation
toward
fiber
optic,
cable,
so
clearly
that
that
has
kind
of
been
seen
as
the
I
don't
want
to
call
it
future
proof
because
who
knows
but
but
the
there
is
a
heavy
reliance
on
both
state
legislation
and
federal
legislation
toward
fiber
optic
being
the
means
of
that
it
doesn't.
D
It
doesn't,
for
example,
in
kentucky
law
satellite
would
not
be
permitted
to
be
funded,
so
the
federal
dollars
are
going
to
flow
through
the
state's
broadband
deployment
fund,
so
so,
to
the
extent
that
the
federal
law
has
some
differences
from
the
state
law,
the
federal
law
will
rule,
but
right
now,
as
we're
reading
the
federal
laws
and
the
state
law,
that's
you
know,
that's
that's.
The
heavy
reliance
is
on
fiber
optic.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
director,
hicks.
I
think
also
one
reason
the
satellites
aren't
because
they
they
can't
do
100
100
down
right
now,
but
they
say
they're
going
to
get
there.
If
I
everything
I've
seen
so
I
think
that's
why
they're
not
going
down
that
route
yet
so
yes,
good!
Well.
Thank
you
guys
appreciate
your
time.
Appreciate
your
presentation.
Like
I
said,
that's
my
dad,
you
say
take
your
time
but
hurry.
I
think
everybody
wants
it
now
and
I
you
know
we
need
to
get
this
going.
A
I
said
it's
been
a
while
the
pandemic
amplified
it
and
I
know
you're
doing
a
lot,
but
let's,
let's
get
this
money
out
because
we
people
desperately
want
to
here
in
the
state
of
kentucky
thanks.
Mr
chairman,
thanks,
sir
okay,
next
up
on
our
agenda
is
we're
going
to
hear
from
tennessee
broadband
program
and
grant
funding
tyree
beatty.
Let's
I
think
I
said
that
right.
Hopefully,
I
did.
E
Perfect
well,
thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
thank
you
so
much
for
having
me
here
today
happy
to
be
here
in
the
commonwealth.
I
am
an
outsider,
so
be
easy
on
me,
but
but
excited
to
be
here
and
and
look
forward
to
just
sharing
what
we
have
going
on
as
your
neighbor
to
the
south
and
then
also
answer
any
questions
that
you
guys
have
again.
My
name
is
taylor
beatty,
I'm
our
state
broadband
director
in
tennessee.
E
E
Our
state
broadband
office
is
headquartered
or
is
housed
out
of
the
tennessee
department
of
economic
and
community
development.
So
you'll
definitely
see
that
lens
on
the
things
that
I'm
talking
about
today
and
just
kind
of
where
we've
been
in
tennessee
and
where
we
were
going
to
go.
I
want
to
start
just
by
sharing
a
little
bit
what
we're
going
to
talk
about
background
of
of
who
we
are
and
and
how
we
got
here
a
little
bit
about
what
our
state
legislature
has
done
in
this
space.
E
So,
first
of
all
not
a
shock
to
anyone
in
this
room,
but
really
what
made
us
get
into
the
broadband
space
and
in
terms
of
funding
and
policy.
E
Wise
is
really
the
economic
driver
that
broadband
is
for
tennesseans
here
back
in
our
state
and
I'm
sure
the
same
for
folks
here
in
kentucky,
but
how
broadband
really
touches
so
many
parts
of
a
community
from
health
care
to
education,
workforce
development,
the
farming
community,
business
development,
real
estate
and
so
many
other
things,
but
also
just
that
rural
quality
of
life
having
access
to
education
and
health
care
and
all
of
those
things
that
their
urban
counterparts
have
access
to,
but
from
where
they
live
and
in
the
communities
that
they
live.
E
So
that's
really
what
drove
a
lot
of
this
conversation
about
broadband
on
our
state
level?
What
are
the
barriers
in
rural
areas
to
broadband?
Of
course,
you
all
know
this.
E
My
colleagues
mention
this
here,
but
as
we
plan
for
that
understanding,
why
adoption
is
important
that
a
lack
of
familiarity
with
broadband,
the
resources
that
that
really
guides
that
conversation
in
terms
of
take
rates
and
return
on
investment
and
things
of
that
nature.
E
E
This
was
had
really
three
main
parts.
One
was
investment,
and
so
it
started
our
state
broadband
deployment
program,
the
tennessee
broadband
accessibility
grant
program
we
also-
and
so
that
was
geared
towards
offsetting
those
capital
costs
that
I
mentioned.
Also
a
component
of
that
was
deregulation.
E
Up
into
this
point,
electric
co-ops
had
not
had
the
chance
to
get
involved
in
this
space,
and
now
you
know
they
could
do
that
through
this
act
and
then
also
an
education
portion.
So
we
started
a
partnership
with
tennessee
state
libraries
and
archives,
where
we
work
through
digital
literacy
grants
with
libraries
across
the
state
to
be
able
to
get
digital
literacy
resources
out
to
the
communities.
E
E
We
have
done
that
to
invest
in
over
140
000
tennessee
households
in
64
counties.
You
can
see
the
kind
of
spread
across
the
state
and
we,
you
know,
have
been
able
to
maintain
provider
type
and
technology
type
neutrality
during
our
state
funded
program,
just
meaning
that
we
work
with
a
variety
of
different
stakeholder
groups
and
their
providers,
and
we
have
worked.
You
know
with
a
variety
of
technologies
over
the
years,
so
I
wanted
to
show
this
map
just
because
I
think
it's
it's
really
important.
E
E
We
were
looking
at
the
state
and
saying:
okay,
you
know
what
what
do
we
have
left
to
serve
and
that
would
be
if
you're
looking
at
this
map,
those
blue
areas
where
what
we
lacked
to
serve
under
the
25
3
guidelines
that
we
had
had
really.
Is
that
speed
threshold?
And
so
looking
at
that,
you
know
we
thought
wow.
You
know
we're
we're
really
close
to
serving
that
and
then
in
2022
that
threshold
changed
to
120,
and
so
I'm
gonna
flip
back
and
forth.
Just
so,
you
can
see
the
difference.
E
Okay,
so
lots
more
blue
if
you're
noticing
that
we
really
made
the
jump
to
120
20
or
excuse
me
200
over
20
in
2022
this
year
for
our
next
grant
program,
because
we
we
really
understood
that
25
3
is
not
a
an
industry
or
technology
standard
for
good
broadband.
E
There's
a
lot
lacking
there
and
we
really
wanted
to
focus
along
with
those
federal
guidelines
for
future
programs
that
you
know
we
wanted
to
be
proactive
and
get
ahead
of
the
game
and
go
ahead
and
make
that
shift
to
120..
E
So
in
our
our
program,
which
I'll
I'll
talk
about
this
a
little
bit
in
a
moment
but
a
program
we
just
went
through
that
was
federal,
funded
but
stayed
administered,
we
did
prioritize
areas
in
in
our
scoring
that
lacked
25.3
and
lacked
10
1
broadband
speeds,
but
we
allowed
any
area
that
lacked
120
to
be
to
be
able
to
to
be
eligible
for
the
program.
Another
difference
I
want
to
point
out
just
from
state
to
state
is
that
some
states
do
their
program
with
the
counties
or
the
mu
with
the
localities
or
political
subdivisions.
E
E
They
essentially
you
know,
look
at
our
map
of
eligibility
and
draw
the
polygon
that
they
would
like
to
apply
for
and
submit
a
proposal
through
our
grant
process.
To
do
that.
So
the
last
thing
I
want
to
mention
on
here
is
just
you
can
definitely
see
as
I
go
back
and
forth.
Just
there's
a
big,
a
big
jump
from
the
25
3
to
the
120..
E
You
know.
I
do
believe
that
I'll
also
mention
this.
Those
the
red
pieces
on
here
are
our
grants
that
we
had
funded
prior
to
this
year
and
the
green
were
were
some
federally
funded
projects
that
were
removed
for
eligibility,
so
that
blue
area
was
what
was
eligible
going
into
this
year's
application
process
in
tennessee.
E
So
I
also
just
want
to
talk
about
federal
funding
the
american
rescue
plan,
so
this
this
piece
of
funding
is
from
the
state
and
local
fiscal
recovery
fund.
So
we
have
up
to
450
million
dollars
in
infrastructure
that
will
be
announced
in
august.
We
have
notified
all
of
our
finalists
at
this
point
a
little
bit
on
timeline
for
that.
E
For
us,
we
released
the
guidelines
and
the
updated
guidelines
with
the
the
final
rule
from
the
us
treasury
in
january,
and
that's
when
the
application
opened
and
it
closed
in
march,
and
you
know
we
went
through
the
public
notice
period
and
everything,
and
then
we
just
released
finalists
about
two
weeks
ago
and
they're
going
through
and
and
reconciling
any
challenges
that
they
had
and
will
be
announcing
those
awards.
E
In
august
upon
announcements,
we
in
our
state
will
be
doing
a
notice
to
proceed
letter
which
will
allow
them
to
immediately
start
construction
and
not
not
have
to
wait
until
the
grant
contract
starts.
So
we're
really
excited
about
that.
We
also
have
up
to
a
million
dollars
in
adoption
funding.
E
This
will
probably
be
closer
to
50
million,
depending
on
the
infrastructure
side
of
this,
this
pot
of
money
for
american
rescue
plan
we're
planning
to
release
some
more
information
on
that
this
fall,
but
we're
you
know
looking
for
some
creative
ways
that
we
can
use
that,
since
this
is
all
still
the
emergency
broadband
bucket,
but
how
we
can
really
make
an
impact
in
our
communities
in
terms
of
digital
literacy
and
training
and
workforce
development
and
all
of
those
things
that
are
related
to
broadband
with
a
broadband
component.
E
So
I
also
just
want
to
do
a
recap
of
of
our
tennessee
emergency
broadband
fund,
which
was
that
arp
just
to
put
it
in
perspective.
We
had
about
400
million
dollars
initially
available
for
that
we
received
218
applications
requesting
1.3
billion
dollars
in
funding.
So
to
put
that
piece
in
perspective
during
our
state
program,
which
was
a
max
of
20
million
dollars
that
was
state
allocated
funding,
we
usually
had
about
60
to
70
applications
and
the
requests
were,
you
know
significantly
less
than
you
know
right
around
100
million
or
less
it
was.
E
It
was
usually
a.
It
was
a
two
million
dollar
project
or
less
we've
removed
that
funding
cap
for
this
round
of
funding
the
finalist
list
that
we've
we've
known
a
lot
notified
all
of
our
providers
in
our
state
that
made
our
finalist
list
cover
74
projects
in
55
counties
and
will
impact
over
137
000,
tennessee
households.
E
So
that's
approximately
three
three
thousand
four
hundred
and
three
hundred
and
forty
three
thousand
using
tennesseans
a
couple
other
things
I
just
wanna
mention
on
the
federal
funding
side
capital
projects
fund.
We
have
up
to
215
million
dollars
that
we're
in
the
process
of
looking
at
you
know.
We've
got
lots
of
options
there
that
are
kind
of
in
those
buckets
that
were
we're
working
through
at
the
state
level.
E
But
you
know
we
don't
have
any
announcements
on
that
yet,
but
we
we
will
this
in
the
next
couple
months
about
how
we
plan
to
use
that
funding
I'll,
also
say
bipartisan
infrastructure
bill.
That's
the
the
bead
program
that
my
colleagues
here
mentioned.
E
You
know
we
are
set
to
receive
a
minimum
of
100
million
dollars
as
well,
and
definitely
thinking
upwards
of
900
million
to
a
billion
dollars,
and
we
also
you
know,
expect
that
money
in
starting
in
2023,
and
we
also
have
to
have
that
digital
equity
plan
that
they
mentioned,
I'm
glad
they
they
went
into
the
details,
so
I
didn't
have
to
this
also
just
shows
a
map
of
where
our
finalists
are
in
tennessee,
just
to
show
that
it
kind
of
kind
of
stretches
across
the
whole
state.
E
We're
really
excited
about
that
and
are
just
excited
about.
What's
coming
down
the
pike
for
that
we'll
also
mention
another
thing:
we
in
our
state
do
what's
called
broadband
ready
communities,
there's
no
funding
attached
to
this
in
the
sense
that
you
know
you
don't
have
to
you
know
it's
not
a
funded
program,
if
you
will,
but
what
it
is.
Is
we
allow
counties
to
pass
a
resolution
naming
them
as
a
broadband
ready
community?
We
also
allow
this
for
localities
and
political
subdivisions
and
essentially
what
they
do.
E
Is
they
pass
this
resolution
saying
that
you
know
they're,
you
know
supportive
of
broadband
deployment
in
their
county
and
our
applicant
providers
receive
additional
priority
points
on
their
application
for
that,
but
it
really
shows
us
that
the
communities
are
having
those
conversations
so
just
something
to
put
out
there.
I've
shared
this
with
some
of
the
other
states
that
we've
done
it's
been
really
successful
in
our
state
and
really
also
helps
the
communities
to
have
some
skin
in
the
game
and
a
say
in
this
process.
E
The
other
thing
I'll
mention
is
just
our
state
broadband
map
we've
been
working
on
this
since
summer
of
2021.
That's
when
our
consultants
and
contractors
started
collecting
that
data
from
providers.
E
E
So
we're
in
the
process
of
reconciling
those
public
comments
that
we
received
and
making
sure
everything
from
you
know.
This
person's
address
is
on
the
map
to
hey.
You
know
we
have
a
question
about
whether
or
not
this
area
is
served,
and
then
we
plan
to
release
a
new
iteration
of
that
map.
This
fall,
which
will
help
us
in
future
rounds
of
funding
and
then
finally,
I
just
wanted
to
share.
You
know
a
couple
of
things
that
have
been
really
good
lessons
learned
for
us.
I
would
say
you
know.
Communication
is
key.
E
You
know
nothing
on
this.
This
list
is,
you
know,
a
crazy
thing
to
say
it's
not
shocking
information,
but
I
would
say:
communication
is
key,
making
sure
that
providers
and
communities
stay
up
to
date
on
the
programs,
but
also
you
know
engaging
with
them
understanding
what
what's
going
on
in
a
certain
community,
because,
as
you
know,
you
all
know
in
in
yalls
counties
and
in
our
95
in
tennessee
there
there
are
different
needs
there
and
there's
also
competing
needs.
E
So
we
just
need
to
know
that,
but
then
also
communicating
with
providers
throughout
the
application
process
and
and
what
that
looks
like
is
also
key
broadband
staffing.
I
know
several
of
y'all
have
asked
questions
about
that
of
my
colleagues
here
in
kentucky.
It
is
essential
our
our
staff
has
historically
been
too.
E
There
was
a
period
where
it
was
just
one
of
us
this
spring
and
we're
actually
hiring
six
additional
staff
for
this
upcoming
amount
of
funding,
and
it
really
is
important
when
you
look
at
the
amount
of
funding
that's
coming
down,
the
pike
planning
is
essential.
I
know
we're
going
to
have
to
have
that
five-year
plan
as
well.
So
that's
a
really
important
part
of
it.
Leveraging
regional
partnerships,
finding
ways
that
you
know,
providers
and
communities
can
work
together
in
regional
ways
is
really
important,
and
then
I
would
also
just
say
you
know,
ask
questions.
E
This
is
probably
the
most
important
thing
on
here.
There
is
so
much
information
out
there
right
now
and
and
counties
are
inundated.
I
know
in
tennessee
and
providers
are
inundated
with
opportunities
and
where
our
office
is
in
charge
of
connecting
those
dots.
And
so,
if
you
have
questions,
I'm
I'm
sure
that
once
you
all
get
a
new
broadband
director,
you
know
they'll
be
very
excited
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
have,
but
I
would
say
definitely
like
having
those
conversations
in
y'all's
communities
about
what
these
things
are
and
aren't
and
and
how
to
connect.
E
Those
thoughts
is
really
important.
Final
thoughts.
You
know,
different
communities
really
do
need
different
solutions,
and-
and
that
may
be
you
know-
in
terms
of
providers
in
terms
of
technology
types
in
terms
of
connectivity,
strategies
or
adoptions,
I
mean
or
adoption
I
mean
we
again.
I
know
that
that
from
county
to
county
things
look
different.
So
you
know
we
understand
that
in
our
office
and
I'm
sure
your
your
broadband
office
will
also
understand
that.
E
But
you
know
we
are
always
willing
to
hear
from
our
counties
about
what
those
needs
look
like
that
are
different
from
county
to
county.
Adoption
also
has
to
be
part
of
the
discussion.
This
conversation
around
adoption
and
digital
equity
isn't
going
away.
It's
a
requirement
in
in
all
the
federal
funding,
that's
coming
down
the
pike
and
so
making
sure
that
those
conversations
are
going
on
in
the
community
is
also
really
important
and
then,
of
course,
partnerships
are
essential.
E
Any
way
that
you
can
forge
those
partnerships
in
your
communities
in
terms
of
broadband
between
community
anchor
institutions
and
the
providers
and
the
county
government.
Things
like
that
is
very
important,
and
I've
also
got
our
website
on
here,
and
with
that
I
am
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
guys
have
about.
What's
going
on
in
our
state.
A
Thank
you,
miss
beatty,
oh,
I
got
a
couple
questions
sure
this
timeline,
so
you
were
hired
in
september
of
last
year
and
in
january
you
lay
out
your
first
round
of
funding.
E
E
but
yes
to
answer
your
question,
I
did
start
in
september
and
they
said
here's
we've
got
400
million
dollars,
so
it
was
a
wild
time,
but
it
was
great
so
we're
we're
getting
there.
A
E
So
a
couple
of
things:
yes,
we
use
for
scoring
and
things
like
that.
We
use
some
of
our
consultants
to
help
and
we
will
definitely
use
some
consultants
and
contractors
on
the
grant
administration
side
with
all
the
monitoring
and
complying
and
invoicing
and
all
of
those
things
and
then
the
rest
of
it
has
been
done.
In-House
we've
now
got
there's
three
of
us.
E
Actually
one
just
started
a
couple
weeks
ago
on
staff
on
our
broadband
team,
so
we're
in
in
full
force
mode
on
that,
but
I
would
say
a
portion
of
it
was
done
in-house
for
sure,
and
then
we
had
some
assistance
in
scoring
and
then
we
will
on
the
admin
side
as
well.
A
A
B
B
E
Sure
great
question,
so
we
allow
providers
to
any
place
in
their
state
that
they're
eligible
to
provide
internet.
They
can
apply
for-
and
I
know,
there's
there's
differences
from
state
to
state
on
who
can
provide
internet
where,
but
I
would
say
we
did
have.
I
don't
actually
know
off
the
top
of
my
head,
how
many
providers
we
had
this
round,
but
we
did
have
several
applicants
that
that
applied
for
several
applications.
E
They
set
that
area
and
so
sometimes
it's
every
eligible
household,
lacking,
120,
speed
in
a
whole
county
or
community
or
locality,
and
sometimes
it's
you
know
we
want
to
serve
or
we
want
to
apply
to
serve
these
two
communities
and
we're
going
to
you
know,
draw
a
circle
around
all
the
homes
that
are
eligible,
so
it
really
does
depend
on
application
to
application,
but
we
had
probably
an
application
in
almost
every
county
in
the
state,
if
not
every
county
in
the
state.
I
know
we
definitely
we.
E
We
requested
a
notice
of
intent
back
in
january,
so
we
we
had
an
idea
that
we
were
going
to
get
1.3
billion
dollars
of
requests
because
they
let
us
know
where
they
were
going
to
apply
and
how
much
they
were
going
to
ask
for,
but
that
time
around
we
had.
You
know
an
intent
from
almost
every
county
in
our
state.
So,
yes
to
answer
your
question,
they
get
to
decide
kind
of
where
they
apply.
A
Thank
you,
I
think.
That's
all
the
questions.
Thank
you
for
coming
presentation
day.
I
said
interviewing
you.
I
went
to
100
over
20,
that's
uncertain
underserved
and
for
those
of
you
who
actually
had
been
to
a
place
where
they
have
25
3,
I
would
consider
that
extremely
underserved
right
now
at
this
point
in
time
and
even
100
over
20,
like
you,
said,
cheryl
stevenson,
you
know
you
get
a
couple
appliances
on
there,
a
couple
phones.
It
comes
to
stop.
So
I
said
appreciate
that.