SEC. 60102. GRANTS FOR BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—
(2) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(G) High-Cost Area.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘high-cost area’’ means an unserved area in which the cost of building out broadband service is higher, as compared with the average cost of building out broadband service in unserved areas in the United States (as determined by the Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the Federal Communications Commission), incorporating factors that include—
(I) the remote location of the area;
(II) the lack of population density of the area;
(III) the unique topography of the area;
(IV) a high rate of poverty in the area; or
(V) any other factor identified by the Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the Commission, that contributes to the higher cost of deploying broadband service in the area.
(ii) UNSERVED AREA.—For purposes of clause (i), the term ‘‘unserved area’’ means an area in which not less than 80 percent of broadband-serviceable locations are unserved locations.