(1) The Economic and Community Development Department shall adopt rules setting minimum performance standards that facilities must meet to be certified as advanced telecommunications facilities. The rules must establish minimum performance standards in the following areas:
(a) Enhancement of individual and business access to advanced telecommunications services at an economically reasonable cost;
(b) Development and transition to a fully competitive telecommunications marketplace;
(c) Provision of bidirectional bandwidth capabilities to customers;
(d) Accessibility to competitive local exchange carriers;
(e) Improvement in access by public and private educational institutions, rural health clinics and libraries to advanced telecommunications services;
(f) Improvement in telecommunications connections between communities in this state;
(g) Improvement in last mile connections within this state; and
(h) Improvement in access by Oregon health care providers to interactive video and other health care applications requiring advanced telecommunications services.
(2) In order for facilities to be certified under ORS 285C.530, the facilities must meet or exceed the minimum performance standards in at least one of the areas set forth in subsection (1) of this section. [Formerly 285B.488]
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