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U.S. Broadband "Stimulus" Awards Begin to Trickle Out ... $185 million of $4 billion
Colleagues,
As reported in Fierce Broadband Wireless ... The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) trickled out the first broadband stimulus awards, announcing about $185-million worth of awards. But questions remain surrounding the rest of the $4 billion that is supposed to be doled out in this first round.
Fiber projects dominate these first awards. Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Dawsonville, Ga., last week to announce these first 18 projects. Plans are to issue another $2 billion in the next 75 days, which would push the next round of awards into March. Still another $2 billion or so is supposed to be allocated this first round ...
... Clearly, the NTIA and the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) are overwhelmed and understaffed after receiving some 2,200 applications valued at $28 billion. The timeline for awards continues to slip with the initial target set for November...
... A total of $7.2 billion is supposed to be awarded over the coming year. The agencies have issued an RFI for suggestions on how to award the second round...
Read on at: http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/ntia-rus-trickle-out-f...
ENJOY!
CC
As reported in Fierce Broadband Wireless ... The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) trickled out the first broadband stimulus awards, announcing about $185-million worth of awards. But questions remain surrounding the rest of the $4 billion that is supposed to be doled out in this first round.
Fiber projects dominate these first awards. Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Dawsonville, Ga., last week to announce these first 18 projects. Plans are to issue another $2 billion in the next 75 days, which would push the next round of awards into March. Still another $2 billion or so is supposed to be allocated this first round ...
... Clearly, the NTIA and the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) are overwhelmed and understaffed after receiving some 2,200 applications valued at $28 billion. The timeline for awards continues to slip with the initial target set for November...
... A total of $7.2 billion is supposed to be awarded over the coming year. The agencies have issued an RFI for suggestions on how to award the second round...
Read on at: http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/ntia-rus-trickle-out-f...
ENJOY!
CC
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