A broadband connection isn’t much good if people have no way to use it—and recognizing that, a portion of broadband stimulus funding went toward grants for public computing centers. For the most part this funding, which was administered by the…
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ComNet Selects Cyan for Stimulus Project
PETALUMA, CA–(Marketwire – July 06, 2011) – Cyan today announced that Com Net, a wholesale provider of operation support solutions to Video, Internet and Phone (VIP) service providers in western Ohio, has selected its Cyan Z-Series™ of packet-optical transport platforms…
Over $118 Million in Broadband Stimulus Awards Have Been Returned
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…
Two Colorado Independents Select Calix for Stimulus Projects
PETALUMA, CA―May 24, 2011―Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced that Broadband Stimulus award winners Nunn Telephone Company (Nunn) and Wiggins Telephone Association (WTA) have each selected Ethernet Extensible Architecture (EXA) Powered Calix Unified Access platforms and the 700GE family of…
Parker Fiber Net Turns to Calix for Stimulus Build
PETALUMA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Calix, Inc. (NYSE:CALX) today announced that Parker Fibernet, preferred service provider to the $26 million Appalachian Valley Fiber Network (AVFN) Broadband Stimulus initiative, will deploy Calix Unified Access systems to connect this middle-mile network to residential, business, and…
Ciena Gets Stimulus Win With Navajo Nation
LINTHICUM, Md. and INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — 05/17/2011 — Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced that it has partnered with Telamon Corporation, a value-added distributor, system integrator and reseller of telecommunication products, to bring high-speed broadband access and…
Dept. of Commerce Launches Digital Literacy Initiative
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced a digital literacy initiative and associated website today at a public computing center in Baltimore. Created by the NTIA and nine partnering agencies, www.DigitalLiteracy.gov “provides libraries, community colleges, schools and workforce training centers a variety…
Florida Middle Mile Project Selects Calix
PETALUMA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Calix, Inc. (NYSE:CALX) today announced that North Florida Broadband Authority (NFBA) has selected the Calix B6 Ethernet Service Access Nodes (ESANs) to bring broadband services to 14 rural Florida counties and several cities in the region. This project,…
Are Broadband Stimulus Funds in Danger of Being Reclaimed by the Government?
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…
Internet2 Taps Ciena for Wide-Reaching Broadband Stimulus Project
Education and research networks such as Internet2 and National Lambda Rail tend to be early adopters of new IP backbone technologies that later find their way into commercial Internet backbones. With that in mind, it will be worthwhile to keep…
EarthLink Completes First Phase of Middle Mile Network
ATLANTA, March 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — EarthLink, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELNK), a leading IP infrastructure and services company, today announced the completion of Phase I of the Eastern Tennessee Middle Mile Fiber Broadband Project by its business communications segment EarthLink Business….
Stimulus Winner OpenCape Outlines Middle Mile Network Launch
The ground is beginning to thaw in the northern half of the U.S.—and numerous middle-mile projects that won broadband stimulus funding are getting set to get underway. The latest stimulus winner to announce its preparedness is OpenCape Corporation, a non-profit…
