Washington Revised Code Title 43. State Government--Executive § 43.330.530. Broadband office--Definitions

(2) “Aging individual” means an individual 55 years of age or older.

(3) “Board” means the public works board established in RCW 43.155.030.

(4) “Broadband” or “broadband service” means any service providing advanced telecommunications capability and internet access with transmission speeds that, at a minimum, provide 100 megabits per second download and 20 megabits per second upload.

(5) “Broadband adoption” means the process by which an individual obtains daily access to the internet:

(6) “Broadband infrastructure” means networks of deployed telecommunications equipment and technologies necessary to provide high-speed internet access and other advanced telecommunications services to end users.

(7) “Department” means the department of commerce.

(8) “Digital equity” means the condition in which individuals and communities in Washington have the information technology capacity that is needed for full participation in society and the economy.

(10) “Digital literacy” means the skills associated with using technology to enable users to use information and communications technologies to find, evaluate, organize, create, and communicate information.

(11) “Last mile infrastructure” means broadband infrastructure that serves as the final connection from a broadband service provider's network to the end-use customer's on-premises telecommunications equipment.

(12) “Local government” includes cities, towns, counties, municipal corporations, public port districts, public utility districts, quasi-municipal corporations, special purpose districts, and multiparty entities comprised of public entity members.

(13) “Low-income” means households as defined by the department of social and health services, provided that the definition may not exceed the higher of 80 percent of area median household income or the self-sufficiency standard as determined by the University of Washington's self-sufficiency calculator.

(14) “Middle mile infrastructure” means broadband infrastructure that links a broadband service provider's core network infrastructure to last mile infrastructure.

(15) “Office” means the governor's statewide broadband office established in RCW 43.330.532.

(16) “Tribe” means any federally recognized Indian tribe whose traditional lands and territories included parts of Washington.

(17) “Underserved population” means any of the following:

(18) “Unserved areas” means areas of Washington in which households and businesses lack access to broadband service, as defined by the office.