9-12-1508. Minimum broadband speeds; rulemaking.
The council shall establish by rule minimum business and residential upload and download speeds which broadband projects must meet upon completion of construction to qualify for funding under this article. In establishing minimum speeds the council shall consider speeds established by the federal communications commission as minimums necessary to be considered "advanced telecommunications capability" and speeds needed to attract businesses to Wyoming communities. Speeds adopted by the council shall meet or exceed a download speed of twenty-five (25) megabits per second and an upload speed of three (3) megabits per second. For projects primarily serving business entities the minimum speed adopted by the council shall be one (1) gigabits per second download speed and one hundred (100) megabits per second upload speed, commencing January 1, 2022.