South Carolina State Support for Rural Communities to Evaluate Rural Broadband Solutions and Manage Projects

This note is intended to kick off a discussion, using the discussion box below, on how a state can facility implementing the optimum broadband solution for rural and even suburban communities.  In general, it assumes that fiber distribution to all homes is too expensive per home and that current service is judged by members of the community to be inadequate for home use or for current or future business use.

I'll start by listing three possible proposals that could be turned into bills at the state level:

- 0 interest loan or a grant to evaluate the best option (pay project manager to manage community or geographic area through RFI and RFQ process)

- tax rebate or tax deduction for installing equipment for the rural type initiatives- transmitters for companies; antennas for houses

- team with Small Business Admin through their small business loan process

Any other candidate proposals?