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It’s been a long time coming, but the broadband stimulus program’s first project is actually underway. SDN Communications, a Sioux Falls, SD based regional fiber network, broke ground yesterday on their $25 million middle mile project which will build a 359 route-mile fiber network across the state ...

The biggest winner among the 94 broadband stimulus awards totaling $1.8 billion announced today was the University of Arkansas, which was awarded $102 million for a project to connect community anchor institutions throughout the state. Other winners included Iowa Telecommunications, which won $17 million for two projects, and ...

According to previous guidance from the broadband stimulus program, we should see some significant announcements this week for round two awards. Both programs, BTOP and BIP, announced back on August 4th that approximately 120 projects ...

There’s been a threat of a reduction in the total dollars available through the broadband stimulus program for over a month now. That threat has become reality, with President Obama signing into law a $26 billion fiscal ...

Network operators that challenged competitors’ broadband stimulus applications sometimes supplied incorrect information about broadband coverage, according to information released this week from the Government Accountability Office. Although competitors challenged many applications, a GAO review of 32 applications turned up ...

Sensing the end is near, the White House revealed a roadmap for the remaining broadband stimulus funding (detailed below). The information was provided by Secretary’s of Agriculture and Commerce, Vilsack and Locke respectively, on the White ...

The bonanza has begun. RUS made a significant dent in its remaining broadband stimulus funds with the announcement of 126 awards today, totaling $1.2 billion. The projects are located in 38 states ...

It’s hard to believe that the $7.2 billion broadband stimulus program was signed into law as a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 almost 18 months ago. What’s even more interesting is that with just about two months to ...

It's been a little quiet on the broadband stimulus front so far this summer. That's about to change. Numerous Tier 2 and 3 telcos will receive a boost today, as President Obama plans to announce the first 66 winners in the second funding round of ...

Charged with managing the distribution and administration of $2.5 billion in federal loans, grants and combinations thereof intended to bring broadband Internet to rural areas around the country as part of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service on June 7th ...