The Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) is winding towards a close, according to the latest quarterly update from NTIA, which highlights broadband stimulus program results. The report dated October 2015 but only released publicly last week, provides a summary of…
It’s hard to believe the Broadband Stimulus Program was first announced over six years ago. The $7.2 billion program was part of the broader American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which aimed to stimulate the economy after the Great Recession of…
Updated later July 30 and again on August 2 with additional information The Politico website has published a scathing yet apparently heavily researched post criticizing the Rural Utilities Service’s role as administrator of the $3.5 billion broadband infrastructure program (BIP)…
June 25, 2014 — TDS Telecom (TDS®) announces its broadband Internet project in Virginia — around Paint Bank and Abbott — is now complete. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus-funded project makes high-speed Internet accessible to businesses and…
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has asked the Department of Agriculture, which oversees the Rural Utilities Service, to provide more detailed information about the impact of the broadband stimulus program in annual reports. “RUS has not shown how the approximately…
June 18, 2014 — TDS Telecom (TDS®) announces completion of three more American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus-funded broadband Internet projects. The completion means a combined 1,350 households in parts of Oklahoma, Washington, and Wisconsin gain access to high-speed…
The broadband stimulus program administered by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration was an “inefficient income transfer mechanism,” says a new report from the Technology Policy Institute. The report, titled “The Broadband Stimulus: A Rural Boondoggle and Missed Opportunity,” was…
MADISON, Wis. (July 11, 2013)—TDS Telecommunications Corp. (TDS®) announces completion of its first American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus-funded broadband Internet project. Now, about 150 households near Orchard Farm, Mo., have access to high-speed Internet service. “On behalf of…
One in five U.S. public libraries have benefited from the broadband stimulus program created in 2009, according to a report issued yesterday from the American Library Association. “In a time of flat and decreased budgets, [broadband stimulus] funding has been…
Members of the House of Representatives had harsh words for broadband stimulus projects in West Virginia and Colorado – and in some cases for the entire stimulus program — at a hearing today titled “Is the Broadband Stimulus Working?” Lawrence…
MADISON, Wis. (Jan. 29, 2013) — TDS Telecommunications Corp. (TDS®) says that construction is underway on its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus project in areas around Wyandotte, Okla. Once complete, about 200 customers in the area will gain…
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