[§206R-1]  Definitions.  As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

     "Broadband infrastructure" shall have the same meaning as in section 440J-1.

     "Broadband service" shall have the same meaning as "broadband access or broadband service" in section 440J-1. "Broadband service" does not include wireless network infrastructure or facilities used to provide wireless services over licensed spectrum.

     "Department" means the department of business, economic development, and tourism.

     "Program" means the broadband infrastructure grant program established by this chapter.

     "Project" means a proposed deployment of wireline broadband infrastructure set forth in an application for grant funding authorized under this chapter.

     "Project area" means an area identified by a shapefile that is proposed to be covered in an application for grant funding authorized under this chapter.

     "Shapefile" means a file format for storing, depicting, and analyzing geospatial data depicting broadband coverage.  "Shapefile" includes several component files, including a main file (.shp), index file (.shx), and dBASE table (.dbf).

     "Underserved area" means a project area with access to broadband service but at speeds of less than fifty megabits per second for downloads and five megabits per second for uploads.

     "Unserved area" means a project area without access to broadband service.  "Unserved area" does not include any location where federal government funding has been awarded pursuant to the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund specifically to support the deployment or expansion of broadband networks; provided that an area shall be considered unserved if the funding award is fortified or upon disqualification of the recipient entity awarded funding for the geographic area under the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. [L 2021, c 225, pt of §2]