It's official: No broadband will be stimulated this year (or will it?)

May 19, 2009

The first details of the BTOP program were recently released and are available on Recovery.gov.
While light on details, the most interesting insight found herein are the timelines for achieving milestones. Interesting and depressing, that is.

Why do I say "depressing"? For one primary reason: the initial grants aren't slated to be made until 12/31/2009. So much for this program being about "stimulating" broadband deployment quickly during an economic crisis...