First dribble of broadband stimulus funding announced
17 December 2009 by Steve Blum
ARRA, BIP, broadband stimulus, BTOP, NTIA, public policy, rural broadband, RUS
ARRA, BIP, broadband stimulus, BTOP, NTIA, public policy, rural broadband, RUS
The feds today announced they were giving $182.7 million of broadband stimulus money to 18 projects scattered across the U.S. (but nothing so far for California). 18 projects funded out of 2,200 applications, representing less than 3% of the $7.2 billion allocated.
Not much detail but a few worrisome hints.
The infrastructure grants announced today all appear to be for RUS/BIP-type projects. Even the ones that were funded through NTIA/BTOP. That’s consistent with what we heard back in September: a select few RUS projects were fastracked into the second stage of review.… More