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Stimulus Funding Begins to Roll Out

“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 [...]

A Streamlined Stimulus

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 [...]

An NTIA Workshop

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 [...]

The Broadband Stimulus Marches On

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 [...]