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…
The broadband stimulus program has had a strong positive impact on U.S. public libraries, according to a new report from the American Library Association. The ALA calls the document, titled “U.S. Public Libraries and the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP),”…
Recipients of broadband stimulus grants from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration are on track to meet progress targets for fiscal year 2012, the agency said in a quarterly status report issued in September. The NTIA was one of two…
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…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), a leading provider of next-generation networking solutions, today announced that Troy Cable selected ADTRAN as a strategic partner to deliver a full range of carrier access and enterprise solutions for the Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program…
Service providers and other organizations that won broadband stimulus awards from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration have made significant progress on their projects, according to a report issued by the NTIA in March. “Grant recipients collectively exceeded all performance…
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…
LOUISVILLE, Colo.– January 23, 2012 – Zayo Group announces today that EAGLE-Net Alliance has signed an agreement with Zayo expanding EAGLE-Net’s network capabilities in Colorado and Wyoming. EAGLE-Net is a cost-sharing cooperative which provides commodity Internet and advanced education and…
Dec 19, 2011 — BROOMFIELD, Colo., Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT), the Central Valley Independent Network (CVIN LLC), and the nonprofit Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) today announced that Level 3’s…
A dispute about franchise fees has halted work on a portion of a broadband stimulus project under construction in Oregon, reports local media outlet The Oregonian. The 185-mile fiber ring network is being built by the County of Clackamas, which…
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…
Many broadband stimulus winners have held groundbreaking ceremonies to launch their projects, but few have been as elaborate as the Statewide Virtual Groundbreaking Ceremony put on by Microelectronics Center of North Carolina (MCNC) on Friday. The MCNC ceremony was hosted…
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