Neb. bill addressing involvement of local govts. in fiber leasing...
Neb. bill addressing involvement of local govts. in fiber leasing cleared unicameral legislature’s committee process. Bill sent to floor (LB-827) still would allow local govts. to lease dark fiber to retail telecom carriers, but amendments would require that PSC:…
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(1) Review all fiber leases to ensure rates are market-based. (2) Ban municipalities from using their own dark fiber for providing retail telecom service. (3) Direct that locality’s profits from dark fiber leasing be paid into new Neb. Internet Enhancement Fund to support high-speed Internet access for local govt. agencies statewide. Legislative committees also cleared amended version of universal service bill (LB-389), originally intended to make wireless carriers eligible for state universal service support. As sent to floor, bill now would leave it to PSC to determine which local service providers were eligible to receive state universal service subsidies, but all telecom carriers, including wireless, would be required to contribute to Neb. universal service fund.