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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085-4 Wyo. Code R. §§ 4-10
Adopted, Eff. 11/16/2021. Amended, Eff. 11/2/2022.

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