A broadband agenda for the (eventual) infrastructure bill

What should be the broadband agenda for infrastructure legislation? Here are some key principles.

• Provide more dedicated funding to broadband. 
• Clarify the definition of what constitutes acceptable broadband for rural areas.
• Clarify geographic eligibility.
• Prioritize funds for capital expenditures. 
• Eliminate barriers to co-ops. 
• Require new technologies to meet market metrics before eligibility.
• Preempt laws that prohibit local communities from addressing local digital divides. 

The current prospects for an infrastructure bill are not strong. Nonetheless, we should analyze and debate these ideas as if we actually were going to have to decide tomorrow because that day may arrive sooner than we think.