{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-1739.11","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 1739.11","heading":"Eligible Community Connect Competitive Grant Project.","body":"To be eligible for a Community Connect competitive grant, the Project must:\n(a) Serve a PFSA in which Broadband Service does not currently exist;\n(b) Offer service at the Broadband Grant Speed to all residential and business customers within the PFSA ;\n(c) Offer free service at the Broadband Grant Speed to all Critical Community Facilities located within the PFSA for at least 2 years starting from the time service becomes available to each Critical Community Facility;\n(d) Provide a Community Center with at least two (2) Computer Access Points and wireless access at the Broadband Grant Speed, free of all charges to all users for at least 2 years; and\n(e) Not overlap with the service areas of current RUS borrowers and grantees.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER XVII—RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","PART 1739—BROADBAND GRANT PROGRAM","Subpart A—Community Connect Grant Program"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"7d23affc0443c8f811561338d8d49419687c23a39af0628561712b647b32d6d2","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-1739.10","next":"us/7-cfr-1739.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}
