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Wash. Rev. Code Ann. §54.16.330

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Wash. Rev. Code Ann. §54.16.330

Washington state laws allow some municipalities to offer some communications services to residents, but bars public utilities from providing broadband service directly to customers. Instead, public utilities are allowed to sell or lease broadband infrastructure on a wholesale basis only, but such operations are subject to strict conditions. In 2018, state lawmakers passed legislation aimed expanding access to broadband for residents by enabling ports throughout the state to enter into public-private partnerships with private telecom companies to provide broadband to residents. However, amendments to the bill restricted such partnerships to just one telecom provider, thereby ensuring de-facto monopolies for broadband service in some communities.

In 2019, state Sen. John McCoy (D) and others introduced legislation that would enable municipal governments to provide broadband services to residents, but limits such projects to areas where no other ISPs are currently operating. The bill stalled in committee in 2019, and was reintroduced in 2020, but did not pass. In 2021, State Reps Drew Hansen, Alex Ybarra, R-Quincy, and a dozen other lawmakers introduced a bill (HB 1336) that would eliminate restrictions and expand community resources for the establishment for broadband networks.

http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2021-22/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/House/1336-S.E%20HBR%20FBR%2021.pdf?q=20210811074740

The Office’s statutory speed goals are the following:
by 2024, businesses and residences have access to minimum speeds of 25 megabits
per second (Mbps) download and 3 Mbps upload;
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by 2026, communities have access to at least 1 gigabit per second symmetrical
service at anchor institutions; and
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by 2028, businesses and residences have access to at least one provider with 150
Mbps symmetrical service.

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