December 18, 2009 – 4:18 pm
“One key to strengthening education, entrepreneurship, and innovation in communities.is to harness the full power of the Internet, and that means faster and more widely available broadband,” said President Barack Obama on September 21, 2009. It’s great to see this vision continuing to move forward with great momentum.
Yesterday, Vice President Joe Biden announced an [...]
November 11, 2009 – 11:58 am
Yesterday, the government announced that the broadband stimulus process would be shortened to two rounds of funding rather than the initially planned three. According to a WSJ article by Amy Schatz, this was a “response to criticism from applicants and lawmakers that the program isn’t getting money out quickly enough.”
I am very pleased to [...]
August 25, 2009 – 3:29 pm
As many of you may know, the deadline for broadband stimulus applications was last Thursday, August 20. You may also be aware that Towerstream has officially applied for the program.
What’s our goal? As I’ve mentioned in several prior posts, rural areas, while in need, are not the only parts of this country that are [...]
August 5, 2009 – 10:38 am
I read a recent GigaOM post today by Om Malik about connectivity to work during summer vacations. The post was in response to a recent survey by LogMeIn (via LinkedIn) asking “Do you plan to stay connected during your summer vacation?” Om noted, “A surprising 85 percent of small business workers said they planned [...]
I’m back in Rhode Island today after a very productive couple of days in NYC. As you might expect, top of my agenda for the NY trip was the broadband stimulus.
During my visit, I spent some time with NYC Council Member, Gail Brewer, who, as I noted in a prior post, has long been [...]
As Towerstream continues to evaluate the broadband stimulus and its application process, I decided to attend one of the NTIA’s workshops last week to get the latest information, straight from the source. The organization has actually been hosting these workshops across the country in the past few weeks to ensure that the application process is [...]
It’s been a busy few days in the broadband world. As many of you probably know, the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the broadband stimulus program was announced last week, outlining the rules for both the Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) and the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). The massive NOFA document is 120+ pages [...]
I was in New York City recently for a few meetings and learned that the broadband gap I discussed a few weeks ago in Brooklyn also exists in Harlem.
While I was at lunch with a couple business associates we overheard a group of people complaining about their Internet service. Thinking I could help out, I [...]
April 27, 2009 – 11:12 am
The broadband stimulus has lead to a lot of talk recently about the rural areas across the country that lack broadband coverage. In fact, just last week, an article in the Tennessean reviewed broadband grievances from consumers and business owners a like.
The article noted, “In many counties, the public library is the place people go [...]
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