Grant Guidelines for the RECOVERY ACT BROADBAND ...

Broadband Access Equipment
Broadband Customer Premises Equipment and
End‐User Devices
Billing/Operations Systems
Equipment facilitating the last mile connection
to a broadband subscriber.
End‐user equipment that connects to a
broadband network.
Equipment that is used to manage and
operate a broadband network or offer a
broadband service.
Note that the Buy American provision applies only to public works and public buildings. Private
projects are exempt from the provision. If applicants form a public‐private partnership (e.g., a
corporation partnering with a local government), they will be treated as “public” and subject to
the Buy American provision. If the applicant wishes to use iron, steel, or manufactured goods
that are not covered by the Secretaries’ waivers, it may request a limited waiver, on a case‐bycase
basis, as part of its application. The applicant’s request must provide the legal justification
for receiving the waiver. The items not currently subject to the waiver include fiber optic
cables, coaxial cable, cell towers, and other facilities or goods that are produced in sufficient
quantities in the United States.
33. Choice of Service Provider: Does the project’s infrastructure and the company’s business
plan allow more than one provider to serve end users in the proposed funded service area?
Yes
No
The applicant should discuss whether more than one service provider will be able to offer
services using the funded network facilities, and, if so, how such access would be facilitated
from both a business and technical perspective. This question asks whether more than one
service provider will be able to provide service to end users using the funded facilities. This
answer should be consistent with the description of non‐discrimination and interconnect for
Question #22.
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