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4. Proposed Funded Service Areas 12. Proposed Funded Service Area Maps: Please attach service area maps for each proposed service area to be funded, identifying the service area as: a) unserved; b) underserved; or c) for BIP, at least 75% rural. If a proposed funded service area is designated as at least 75 % rural, identify the unserved and underserved rural areas at the census designated community level. For a middle mile project the maps must indicate the service areas that will benefit from the project. As per the NOFA, at least one interconnection point for a middle mile project must terminate in a proposed funded service area that qualifies as unserved or underserved for a last mile project. Service Area Map ID # Purpose of Maps and Requirements A service area map is required for each proposed funded service area. The maps will illustrate the proposed funded service area and identify the contiguous census blocks for which the proposed project will provide service. For middle mile projects, the maps should indicate the area that will benefit from the project and show at least one interconnection point that will terminate in an area that qualifies as unserved or underserved. Applicants for Last Mile projects should complete Question #13; applicants for Middle Mile projects should skip Question #13 and proceed to Question #14. ‐ 26 ‐ 7/10/2009
13. Proposed Funded Service Area (Last Mile Project): For each proposed funded service area identified in Question 12 above, please provide the following information: Service Area Name List of the contiguous census blocks Total population using the last decennial Census Total number of Households Total number of Businesses Total number of Critical Community Facilities, Community Anchor Institutions and Public Safety Entities Individual census designated communities or “other areas” Status of census designated community or “other area” as rural. Identify individual census designated communities in the proposed funded service area as being rural as defined in the NOFA or non‐rural, and specify the number of square miles in each census community. For areas that are not designated as part of a census community, identify these areas as an "other area" for the county and state in which they are located and specify whether such area is rural, as defined in the NOFA, or non‐rural and the number of square miles in such area. For BIP only. Status of the census designated community or "other area" as unserved, underserved, or served (A) Unserved. At least 90 % of households in the census designated community or "other area" lack access to facilities‐based, terrestrial broadband service, either fixed or mobile, at the minimum broadband transmission speed; or (B) Underserved (Indicate all that apply. One is required) (1) No more than 50% of the households in the census designated community or "other area" have access to facilities‐based, terrestrial broadband service at greater than the minimum broadband transmission speed; (2) No fixed or mobile broadband service provider advertises broadband transmission speeds of at least 3 mbps downstream in the census designated community or "other area;" or (3) The rate of broadband subscribership for the census designated community or "other area" is 40 % of households or less; or (C) For BIP only, Served. (Please note that no more than 25% of the proposed funded service area may not meet the unserved or underserved definition at the census designated community level or does not meet the rural definition.) ‐ 27 ‐ 7/10/2009
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