NTIA Awards 5 More Broadband Mapping Grants; Total to 41 States is $78 Million
The Commerce Department agency responsible for the mapping component of the broadband stimulus program announced, on the last day of the year, that it had funded five more states’ broadband data programs
From Broadband Census, December 31, 2009
Why No One Should Talk To or Read Anything from the Heartland Institute
For those of you paying attention over the past few years to the Telecom sector, you’ll remember The Heartland Institute as a Sock Puppet Organization that “that call themselves independent but have ties among each other and to the industries about which they are stating they have an objective opinion.”
From NYC Wireless, December 26, 2009
NTIA Gives Millions To Connected Nation, Announces 15 Broadband Mapping Grants
At least five of the 15 grants NTIA announced Tuesday will be going to Connected Nation.
From Broadband Breakfast, December 22, 2009
FCC Eyes Average Internet Speeds for Rural Areas
With two months to go until the FCC is scheduled to unveil its plan for improving broadband service across the U.S., agency officials seem to be settling on relatively modest speeds for rural areas.
From Wall Street Journal, December 21, 2009
FCC hails Mayor Daley's plan to bring technology to 5 neighborhoods
Wireless Internet access along a 26-block stretch of 63rd Street. Free refurbished computers as an incentive to complete technology training. Family NetCenters and Community Craig’s Lists to support local businesses.
From Chicago Sun Times, December 21, 2009
FCC Eyes Average Internet Speeds for Rural Areas
With two months to go until the FCC is scheduled to unveil its plan for improving broadband service across the U.S., agency officials seem to be settling on relatively modest speeds for rural areas.
From Wall Street Journal, December 21, 2009
Analysis: Paltry Stimulus Allotment May Signal Trouble Ahead
The government finally got around to handing out some of the $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus funding set aside by the Obama administration.
For anyone who took this as a sign that the government was finally getting its act together on the broadband stimulus fund, think twice. The first 18 projects to get federal funding received less than 3 percent of the overall stimulus funds, and there’s no news on when more funds will be allocated.
From Wireless Week, December 18, 2009
ERF Wireless and Southwestern Wireless Strategic Agreement Adds Extensive Wireless Broadband Coverage in New Mexico and West Texas
Wireless (OTCBB:ERFW), a leading provider of enterprise-class wireless and broadband products and services, announced today that the company has entered into a Master Services Agreement with Southwestern Wireless based in Roswell, N.M., for the provisioning and delivery of wholesale Internet and bandwidth services that will allow ERF Wireless to provide its digital oilfield solutions to major oil and gas companies active in New Mexico and West Texas.
From Fiece Broadband Wireless, December 17, 2009
Joined by Governor Perdue, Vice President Announces an Initial $183 Million in Awards to Expand Broadband Access in Seventeen States
Vice President Biden today kicked off $7.2 billion in Recovery Act broadband grant and loan programs, of which $2 billion will be made available on a rolling basis over the next 75 days to bring high-speed Internet to communities that currently have little or no access to the technology.
From The White House Press Office, December 17, 2009
National Economic Council today released a report, “Recovery Act Investment in Broadband: Leveraging Federal Dollars to Create Jobs and Connect America,”
Broadband touches nearly every aspect of the U.S. economy, providing Americans with
unprecedented opportunities in employment, education, health care, entrepreneurship, and civic
participation.
From EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, December 17, 2009
