Specifications include, but are not limited to: The purpose of this Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) is to solicit applications for broadband infrastructure projects located in eligible areas that are designed to deliver, upon completion, service that reliably meets or exceeds symmetrical speeds of 100Mbps to directly enable work, education, and health monitoring, including remote options. Projects eligible for funding under this Notice of Funds Availability are limited to broadband infrastructure projects that are designed to deliver, upon completion, service that reliably meets or exceeds symmetrical speeds of 100Mbps to directly enable work, education, and health monitoring, including remote options. If it would be impracticable, because of geography, topography, or excessive cost, for a Broadband Infrastructure Project to be designed to deliver services at such a speed, the Project must be designed so that it reliably meets or exceeds 100 Mbps download speeds and between 20 Mbps and 100 Mbps upload speeds and be scalable to a minimum of 100 Mbps symmetrical for download and upload speeds. Proposed projects must be designed to provide last-mile broadband service to end users. If a proposed project includes middle-mile components, BDO has sole discretion to determine whether a proposed project includes sufficient last-mile connectivity and/or the middle-mile components are necessary for the implementation of the proposed last-mile connections to justify an award under the program.
