Fla. House Commerce Votes to Keep Dollar Pole Attachments

The Florida House Commerce Committee unanimously supported a bill Thursday to extend dollar broadband attachments through 2028. The Ways and Means Committee previously cleared HB-1147, which would extend a promotional rate that the state began offering in 2021 (see 2401310072). 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 bill could next get a House floor vote. The Senate could soon vote on a similar bill (SB-1218) that cleared the Rules Committee by a 19-0 vote Thursday.