Oregon regulators raise the bar for gigabit tax breaks [telecom]

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Not so fast Frontier and CenturyLink: Oregon regulators raise the bar for gigabit tax breaks

by Mike Rogoway

Oregon utility commissioners overruled their staff Tuesday, opting for a broad definition of the term "broadband" in a rebuke to two of the state's largest telecom companies.

The three commissioners agreed during a public hearing in Salem that broadband means anything faster than dial-up connection, at least as it applies to determining eligibility for tax breaks Oregon lawmakers approved last March.