### Question
What does high-cost area mean?


### Answer
**High-cost area** has the following meaning in *47 U.S.C. § 1702*:

> an unserved area in which the cost of building out broadband service is higher, as compared with the average cost of building out broadband service in unserved areas in the United States (as determined by the Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the Commission), incorporating factors that include—


(I) the remote location of the area

#### Citation:
  - *47 U.S.C. § 1702*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 16-BROADBAND ACCESS > SUBCHAPTER I-BROADBAND GRANTS FOR STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, PUERTO RICO, AND TERRITORIES**

