Broadband field of dreams

As I have mentioned in previous entries I am responsible in my organization for following the Broadband Stimulus funding part of the ARRA. The latest expectation is that the requirements for grant funds will be published in July. As part of the process I have been reading the many articles and blogs on this topic along with the endless white papers and studies that are being published. The more I listen and the more I read, the more I am reminded of the movie Field of Dreams and the tag line "If you build it he will come". But in the broadband field of dreams will he come?

The Broadband Stimulus funding is approximately 7.2 billion dollars. While some have described this as a down payment on broadband investment, I am becoming fearful that much of this funding will go towards projects that will build many broadband "bridges to nowhere". Some questions that I continue to ask that no one has any real answers for...