§ 4-113-102 - Definitions. - Arkansas Statutes

4-113-102. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Broadband" means any service used to provide Internet access at a minimum speed that is the greater of:

(A) Seven hundred sixty-eight kilobites per second (768 kbps) in at least one (1) direction; or

(B) The minimum speed for broadband as defined by regulations of the Federal Communications Commission as of January 1, 2009, or as of a later date if adopted by rule of the Arkansas Broadband Council;

(2) "Broadband backbone" means the collection of high-capacity broadband infrastructure used to deliver broadband service to communities, counties, or regions of the State of Arkansas;

(3) "Last mile broadband" means the broadband media used to deliver broadband to a user location such as a home or an office building; and

(4) "Participants" means the employees of Connect Arkansas and all entities participating in Connect Arkansas programs to facilitate the preparation of the people and businesses of Arkansas for the use of broadband and to facilitate the deployment of broadband service to individual and organizational consumers in Arkansas.