Fla. House Panel Supports Extending Dollar Pole Attachments

The Florida House Ways and Means Committee supported a bill extending dollar broadband attachments through 2028. The Commerce Committee will next consider HB-1147, which would extend a promotional rate that the state began offering in 2021. It lets 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. The Senate Commerce Committee cleared a similar bill (SB-1218) last week (see 2401230042).