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February 21, 2022 Last Edit: June 5, 2025
NFIB Montana Promoting Broadband Service to Unserved and Underserved Small Business
- “Frontier area” means an area where there is no or extremely limited terrestrial broadband service.
- “Unserved area” means a project area where at least 10% of delivery points have no access to broadband service or have no access to services operating with a download speed of at least 25 megabits per second and upload speed of at least 10 megabits per second with low latency.
- “Underserved area” means an area where at least 10% of the delivery points have no access to broadband service offered with a download speed range of at least 100 megabits per second and an upload speed of at least 20 megabits per second or less with low latency.
- Decisions 2/7/22-4/6/22
- Statewide application window 4/8/22
- Applications available for public review 4/11/22-5/11/22
- 30-day challenge period 5/26/22
- DOA responses to challenges 5/30/2022-6/3/22
- Applicants open to modify applications that were successfully challenged 6/30/22
- Receive ARPA funds from US Treasury 6/6/22 – 7/5/22
- Review final applications 7/6/22 Obligate and announce award

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