Seesmart Technologies Inc (fka SEST)

[gte_gold]

Slojab you are correct.

The thrust of the funding is to provide/improve service defined as "unserved" and "underseved" areas. Generally, an underseved area is defined as:
(1)...No more than 50 percent of the households in the proposed funded service area have access to facilities-based, terrestrial broadband service at greater than the minimum broadband transmission speed (typically 3MB download speed)

(2)...The rate of broadband subscribership for the proposed funded service area is 40 percent of households or less.



The key words in definition 1 is have access to This generalized definition applies to last mile and middle mile proposed funding areas. Individual States also are encouraged to provide input regarding the funding areas in their state. Anyone wanting to waste a perfectly good weekend can click this link to read more :)

http://broadbandusa.sc.egov.usda.gov/files/BB%20NOFA%20FINAL%2007092009.pdf