085-4 Wyo. Code R. §§ 4-10 - Review, Prioritization, Recommendation
(a) Each proposed
service/project area must have its own application, and Applicants shall submit
no more than one (1) application per proposed service/project area.
(b) Applicants may submit applications for
multiple proposed service/project areas.
(c) Applications shall be received only
during application periods to be specified by the Council.
(d) Applications which do not include all
minimum required information shall be afforded ten (10) working days from
notification to correct the deficiency. Applications which remain deficient
after this period shall be disqualified.
(e) Complete applications shall be evaluated
by a committee to include Council and Governor's Office staff, and according to
the scoring matrix outlined in the application.
(f) Projects which develop communities of two
thousand (2,000) persons population or less and/or unincorporated areas shall
receive first priority.
(g) In
situations where the Council receives multiple applications for any single
project area, applications proposing fiber-optic infrastructure shall be
afforded priority over applications proposing fixed wireless infrastructure.
(i) Applications proposing similar technology
will be scored according to cost and demonstrated ability to complete the
project.
(ii) In situations where
the Council receives multiple applications for any single project area
proposing comparable infrastructure, priority shall be afforded to the
applicant proposing the fastest broadband speeds.
(h) All completed projects must reliably
deliver minimum speeds of one hundred (100) megabits per second (Mbps) download
and one hundred (100) Mbps upload.
(i) In cases where it is not practicable due
to geography, topography, or financial cost to meet those standards, projects
must reliably deliver at least one hundred (100) Mbps download speed and at
least twenty (20) Mbps upload speed, and be scalable to a minimum of one
hundred (100) Mbps download speed and one hundred (100) Mbps upload
speed.
(i) The review committee
shall rank eligible project applications and shall forward these to the Board
with a recommendation of "fund" or "do not fund."
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