FTTH Council – Telecom service provider’s workshop « Blandin on Broadband
June 4, 2009
Today I’m at the FTTH Council meeting in Minneapolis. It’s been interesting. I don’t always sit in a room full of providers. The questions are different; the focus is different. The stimulus funding has been THE topic. Many people reminded attendees that this is a jobs program first and foremost! One person joked that the stimulus funding now takes 90 percent of his time – and that’s before the RFP is even out. Others have talked about how the stimulus funding in many ways has put a stop to any projects that had been in the works as everyone reworks plans to (hopefully) qualify for stimulus funding.
I have taken notes. I think they will be most interesting to anyone who might be looking at deploying FTTH in their community or anyone interested in applying for stimulus funding...
Today I’m at the FTTH Council meeting in Minneapolis. It’s been interesting. I don’t always sit in a room full of providers. The questions are different; the focus is different. The stimulus funding has been THE topic. Many people reminded attendees that this is a jobs program first and foremost! One person joked that the stimulus funding now takes 90 percent of his time – and that’s before the RFP is even out. Others have talked about how the stimulus funding in many ways has put a stop to any projects that had been in the works as everyone reworks plans to (hopefully) qualify for stimulus funding.
I have taken notes. I think they will be most interesting to anyone who might be looking at deploying FTTH in their community or anyone interested in applying for stimulus funding...
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