1739.11—Eligible project.
To be eligible for a grant, the Project must:
(a)
Serve a Rural Area where Broadband Transmission Service does not currently exist, to be verified by the Agency prior to the award of the grant;
(b)
Serve one Community recognized in the latest U.S. Census or the latest edition of the Rand McNally Atlas;
(c)
Deploy Basic Broadband Transmission Service, free of all charges for at least 2 years, to all Critical Community Facilities located within the proposed Service Area;
(d)
Offer Basic Broadband Transmission Service to residential and business customers within the proposed Service Area; and
(e)
Provide a Community Center with at least ten (10) Computer Access Points within the proposed Service Area, and make Broadband Transmission Service available therein, free of all charges to users for at least 2 years.