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…

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…
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…
TDS gave a progress report on their broadband stimulus funded projects, highlighting that seven projects are now underway, and seven more will begin shortly. TDS won a total of 44 broadband stimulus awards, totaling nearly $136 million to expand high-speed…
Two Missouri electric co-ops are the latest example of an ongoing trend of electric utilities getting into the broadband access business. Co-Mo Electric Cooperative (Co-Mo) of Tipton, Missouri and United Electric Cooperative (United) of Maryville, Missouri both will build FTTP…
Telecompetitor checked in yesterday with two of the largest award winners in the broadband stimulus program—TDS and Windstream. The two tier 2 telecom carriers both operate networks in multiple states, with significant rural footprints. Both companies won millions of dollars…
Windstream announced yesterday that Missouri joins their broadband stimulus construction momentum with a project in their Myrtle market now underway. Missouri is now the tenth announced state where Windstream has announced ARRA funded broadband network construction. The Myrtle project involves…
Just one week after announcing the commencement of work on a broadband stimulus project in Iowa, Windstream today announced it has started work on another stimulus project in Kentucky. Perhaps the company is finally getting into high gear on stimulus…
PETALUMA, CA―July 13, 2011―Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced that USDA Rural Development Broadband Initiative Program (BIP) award winners Cimarron Telephone Company (CimTel) and Cross Telephone Company (Cross) have selected the EXA Powered Calix E7 Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP)…
As more and more broadband stimulus winners begin to break ground on their projects, at least a dozen stimulus winners have opted not to join them. Unused awards represent a small fraction of roughly $7.2 billion in awards made in…
BOCA RATON, FL and BRACEY, VA–(Marketwire – Jun 14, 2011) – Airspan Networks Inc., a leading provider of broadband wireless access networks, and Buggs Island Telephone Cooperative (BIT) announced today the selection of Airspan 4G equipment for deployment in southern…
After analysis of a small number of projects being funded with the $3.5 billion worth of federal funding made available to the Dept. of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service for its Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) NCTA opines that “the RUS’ history…
Republican leaders on the House Energy & Commerce Committee seem to be on the warpath over the broadband stimulus program. This week, the majority committee staff issued a toughly-worded memorandum to members and staff of the Subcommittee on Communications and…
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