12 Miss. Code. R. 12-1.4 - Definitions
In these rules (Title 12, Part 12), the following definitions apply:
(1) "Applicant" means an
eligible broadband service provider that has authorization to do business in
this state and has demonstrated that it has the technical, financial and
managerial resources and experience to provide broadband services in the state
to retail end users.
(2) "Broadband
service" means a mass-market retail service by wire, cable, fiber, or radio
provided to customers in the State of Mississippi that provides the capability
to transmit data to, and receive data from, all or substantially all Internet
endpoints, at speeds of at least one hundred (100) megabits per second
downstream and twenty (20) megabits per second upstream, and including, but not
limited to, any capabilities that are incidental to and enable the operation of
communications service, but excluding dial-up Internet access
service.
(3) "Office" means the
Office of Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi (BEAM) within
the Department of Finance and Administration created in Section 3 of the BEAM
Act, and is also referred to herein as "BEAM."
(4) "Deployed" means, with respect to
availability of broadband service at a location, when the person or entity has
access regardless of whether a person or entity subscribes to the broadband
service at the location.
(5)
"Eligible broadband service provider" means any company, firm, corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, or association (i) that has been
providing broadband service to at least one hundred (100) residences and
businesses in Mississippi for at least three (3) consecutive years; (ii) is an
electric power association's broadband affiliate operating pursuant to Miss.
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77-17-1 et seq.; or (iii) that has
demonstrated financial, technical, and operational capability in building and
operating a broadband network.
(6)
"Eligible project" means a discrete and specific project located in an unserved
or underserved area of the state seeking to provide broadband services to
residences, businesses, and community institutions not currently available for
service in accordance with the applicable federal guidelines.
(7) "Shapefile" means a digital storage
format containing geospatial or location-based data and attribute information
regarding the availability of broadband Internet access service, and that can
be viewed, edited, and mapped in geographic information system
software.
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