The $7.2 billion question - 2009-05-11 04:07:00 | Multichannel News
5/11/2009
The much-ballyhooed broadband stimulus program, known officially as the Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program, is, at $7.2 billion, one of the largest federal funding initiatives ever to hit the cable industry.
And though the program is still in its early stages — funding isn't expected to be available until next year — a fundamental question has emerged over one of the primary tenets of the initiative: No one is sure who the money is supposed to help...
The much-ballyhooed broadband stimulus program, known officially as the Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program, is, at $7.2 billion, one of the largest federal funding initiatives ever to hit the cable industry.
And though the program is still in its early stages — funding isn't expected to be available until next year — a fundamental question has emerged over one of the primary tenets of the initiative: No one is sure who the money is supposed to help...
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