$4 billion available in broadband stimulus funding - RCR Wireless News

Applicants trying to score a piece of the $4 billion available in the first round of broadband stimulus funds face an Aug. 14 deadline to request funding. The majority of the $7.2 billion available to improve the nation’s access to broadband telecom services is set to be given away either as loans or grants in this round of funding. Two more funding rounds will follow. All of the $7.2 billion set aside to help bring broadband access to more Americans must be awarded by Sept. 30, 2010...