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Update on bills SF0883 and SF0735: taxation exemption for broadband providers

Blandin on Broadband

If its TV or telephone, they provider are exemption for taxes (for some equipment). If you take out the work primarily, it would only cover telephone or television based services. (To Revenue thinks this has to do with finances. But in our world, we need to provide telephone service but what people ask for is broadband.

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Bill introduced in MN House: HF974 related to definition of provider and role of franchise and permitting and more

Blandin on Broadband

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy. 974, A bill for an act relating to broadband; establishing the Equal Access to Broadband Act; modifying provisions governing broadband services and broadband infrastructure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116J.39,

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Protecting The Nation's Critical Communications Infrastructure From Theft and Vandalism

Broadband Breakfast

Vital sectors of society and the nation’s economy, such as public safety, health care, energy, transportation, finance, information technology, and education increasingly rely on communications infrastructure.