Idaho Statutes Title 40. Highways and Bridges § 40-517. Definitions

(1) “Broadband” means wide bandwidth communication transmissions allowing high speed internet access with an ability to simultaneously transport multiple signals and traffic types at a minimum transmission speed of one hundred (100) megabits per second for downloads and twenty (20) megabits per second for uploads.

(2) “Broadband infrastructure” means networks of deployed telecommunications equipment, conduit, and technologies necessary to provide broadband and other advanced telecommunications services to wholesalers or end users, including but not limited to private homes, businesses, commercial establishments, schools, or public institutions.

(3) “Broadband provider” means any entity that:

(4) “Department” means the Idaho transportation department.

(5) “Dig Once Policy” means a policy or practice that minimizes the number and scale of excavations or construction and costs when installing broadband infrastructure in highway rights-of-way.

(6) “Highway” means a road that is part of the state highway system.

(7) “Longitudinal access” means access to or use of any part of a right-of-way of a highway that extends generally parallel to the right-of-way for a total of one hundred (100) or more linear feet.