Two big broadband bills became effective yesterday Aaron Kunkler July 26, 2021
A pair of bills seeking to expand broadband access in Washington state went into effect on July 25.
The bills, HB 1336 and SB 5383, will allow not-for-profit, community-owned public utility districts (PUD), ports, and counties to provide retail broadband service directly to customers. Under previous legislation enacted in 2000, PUDs have been able to build out the infrastructure for broadband internet, but were required to let private internet service providers deliver service.
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Since then, PUDs have invested more than $509 million into broadband infrastructure across the state, according to a press release from the Washington Public Utility Districts Association. With that authority, they were able to build internet pipelines to connect communities. But if custome
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