[1st-mile-nm] Broadband Stimulus details
Marianne Granoff
granoff at zianet.com
Thu Jul 2 17:30:03 PDT 2009
From another list
>White House Sets Rules for Broadband Stimulus Funds
> The Obama administration published the criteria it will use to
> hand out billions of dollars in stimulus funds aimed at developing
> the infrastructure to deliver broadband Internet access to areas
> that are underserved or without access. The Commerce and
> Agriculture departments will consider projects that provide wired
> or wireless access starting at low-end DSL speeds, but will give
> priority to ones promising higher speeds. An area will be
> considered "underserved" by broadband, and thus eligible for
> grants, if half or fewer of the households can get wired broadband
> today, among other criteria.
> Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124647954157482147.html
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