Rural Broadband Initiative: update
Monday, February 9th, 2009Looks like, in the efforts to trim the fat off of the Stimulus Bill, they’ve managed to shave $2 billion off for the rural broadband deployment effort. So, the current number is at $7 billion which is better than what the House originally pushed for. There are more issues, though, having to do with who actually gets to control the money. Some want the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to take charge, and other sentators want the Department of Agriculture to control it (which I don’t really understand).
More details at Ars Technica