•     Unserved Census Blocks

       Unserved Census Blocks are defined as areas where broadband service is not available from a wireline-based                  provider at advertised speeds equal to or higher than 25 Mbps download.

•     Underserved Census Blocks

       Underserved Census Blocks are defined as areas where broadband service is not available from a wireline-based              provider at advertised speeds equal to or higher than 100 Mbps download.

•     Census Block Areas to be provided with increased service under the PSC Agreement

       These are Unserved or Underserved areas where Time Warner Cable-Charter has committed to provide service                under the agreement with the NYS Public Service Commission.

•     Census Block Areas to be provided with increased service under CAF

       These are areas where Verizon NY declined support from the Connect America Fund (CAF), an FCC program. Within          New York State, Verizon declined $31 million in annual CAF support, for 78,245 eligible locations, and the FCC is now        reviewing alternatives to re-auction this unclaimed CAF funding to other broadband service providers.

       These are Unserved and Underserved Areas that are within the Time Warner Cable-Charter Communications                    Franchise Area, but are not included in the above-mentioned areas where Time Warner Cable-Charter has committed        to provide service under the agreement with the NYS Public Service Commission.

•     Phase II Awarded Census Blocks

       These areas have received funding for new or improved service under the NYS BPO Phase II Grant. They are color-           coded by which service provider received the award.

•     Census Block Areas not identified as needing improved service

       These are areas that have not been identified as needing new or improved service, or that already have another              program in place to provide new or improved service (such as Phase I BPO funding).

•     Census Block Areas remaining un/underserved with no current commitment to provide service

       These are Unserved and Underserved Areas where there is no current commitment by a service provider to provide          improved service, nor any other program devoted to providing new or improved service to the area. These census            blocks will most likely remain eligible for funding under the BPO Phase III Grant application.

•     Roads with Service Lines

       These are roads that have been identified as having access to some form of wireline-based broadband service. Most        of these wirelines are within the road right-of-way. However, some roads identified as having service lines are                  actually served via lines that run behind the homes located along them, not directly along the roadway. A few are            served via wirelines that run through privately owned open fields, far from any road right-of-way.

       There were three sources used to identify these service lines. The initial set of service lines was developed by ECC          Technologies through its contract with the Columbia County Planning Department. This dataset identified the type of        wireline(s) found along each road segment as being Fiber optic, Coaxial, or both. Additional information was gleaned        from numerous franchise agreement maps supplied by Columbia County Economic Development Corporation. A third        source of information was a comprehensive map of service lines provided by Mid-Hudson Cablevision. These last two        sources did not differentiate between fiber optic and coaxial.

•     Residential Tax Parcels

       The Columbia County Tax Parcel data was supplied by the Real Property Tax Department. Each dot represents the            center of a parcel that has been classified as a residential use by the local tax assessor(s). The dot represents the          geographic center of the parcel, NOT the location of the residential structure.

•     Service Areas

       The service provider service areas were accessed through the National Broadband Map website. The data                        downloaded from this site is dated June 2014. The service areas may have changed for some of the service                      providers shown.