Fla. Senate Panel OKs Extending Dollar Pole Attachments

The Florida Senate Commerce Committee unanimously supported a bill to extend dollar broadband attachments through 2028. Tuesday's committee OK means the full Senate could soon vote on SB-1218, which would extend a promotional rate that the state began offering in 2021 to let ISPs pay $1 a year per wireline attachment per pole to bring broadband to unserved or underserved areas in municipal electric utility service territories. The promo will expire July 1 unless extended. A House subcommittee cleared a similar bill (HB-1147) last week (see 2401190064).