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How NTIA Dismantled the Public Interest Provisions of the Broadband Stimulus...
After winning the election, the Obama Administration announced that broadband networks would be a priority. True to its word, the stimulus package included $7.2 billion to expand networks throughout...
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NTIA head Larry Strickling has suggested that if an incumbent wants to veto a stimulus grant in its territory, the data it uses to show the area is served will be on the public record. As this is a...
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FairPoint unfairly competing with UMaine?
FairPoint's lobbyists in Maine have gone on the offensive, arguing that another group attempting to get stimulus funds is competing unfairly. FairPoint, you may remember, has already accomplished the...
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Ranking Broadband Stimulus Applications in Minnesota
Our focus on the broadband stimulus is almost entirely on last-mile infrastructure because it is the most challenging and expensive problem to solve before all Americans will have affordable access to...
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Comments on Round Two for Broadband Stimulus
I have just submitted comments from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance to both the the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Rural Utilities Service (RUS)...
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Stimulus - Private Companies Won
Last summer, I predicted the NTIA's rules for the broadband stimulus would disadvantage the public sector and tilt the playing field toward the private sector. I was right.Consider a recent story about...
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Changing the Rules: Beware Free Money
One of the dangers of federal programs like the broadband stimulus programs BTOP and BIP is that the feds make the rules... and sometimes they just change the rules.I previously wrote about how the...
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Bristol Gets Stimulus Funds for Middle Mile and Starts Smart Grid
Bristol Virginia is again expanding broadband access in rural Virginia. Following a $22.7 million BTOP (broadband stimulus) grant and matching $5.7 million grant from the Virginia Tobacco Commission,...
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UTOPIA Gets Broadband Stimulus Award, Positive Op-Ed
The open accessUTOPIA network in Utah has been awarded broadband stimulus funds that will allow the network to serve hundreds of community institutions in several communities, which will aid them in...
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On Outskirts of Minneapolis, Carver County Builds Fiber Ring
As I was catching up on some of the good broadband stimulus awards, I came across this Sun Patriot newspaper article about Carver County's award. Carver County, perhaps having learned from its neighbor...
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In Ohio, OneCommunity Network Expands with Stimulus Grant
Almost $45 million from the broadband stimulus is heading to OneCommunity, a nonprofit organization in Northeast Ohio (originally named OneCleveland), in order to expand their network across 27...
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DC-Net Expands with Multiple Stimulus Grants
DC-Net, the muni-owned and operated fiber network connecting hundreds of community institutions (schools, libraries, local government buildings), is expanding in scope and mission following three...
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Maryland's $115 Million Federal Broadband Stimulus Award
Maryland received a very large award to connect hundreds of community anchors. This is an excellent use of public money (it will lower the future need for public money to fund local agencies). The...
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Wanna Be a Wonk? Understanding Regulatory Capture
In the world of essential infrastructure, thousands of years of history have taught us that entities, acting on their own narrow interest, cannot be trusted to build or govern the building blocks of...
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Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition Gather in DC May 1-3
DC is the place to be May 1 - 3 to see how broadband and telecommunications policy will affect education, research, and healthcare. The Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB) annual...
View ArticleNOFA Reactions: a Mini Round Up to Broadband Stimulus Rules
I have been digesting the NOFA (the rules for broadband stimulus projects) and I am stunned at just how much I disagree with them. I think the National Telecommunications and Information...
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Changing the Rules: Beware Free Money
One of the dangers of federal programs like the broadband stimulus programs BTOP and BIP is that the feds make the rules... and sometimes they just change the rules.I previously wrote about how the...
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Bristol Gets Stimulus Funds for Middle Mile and Starts Smart Grid
Bristol Virginia is again expanding broadband access in rural Virginia. Following a $22.7 million BTOP (broadband stimulus) grant and matching $5.7 million grant from the Virginia Tobacco Commission,...
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UTOPIA Gets Broadband Stimulus Award, Positive Op-Ed
The open accessUTOPIA network in Utah has been awarded broadband stimulus funds that will allow the network to serve hundreds of community institutions in several communities, which will aid them in...
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In Ohio, OneCommunity Network Expands with Stimulus Grant
Almost $45 million from the broadband stimulus is heading to OneCommunity, a nonprofit organization in Northeast Ohio (originally named OneCleveland), in order to expand their network across 27...
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