Broadband subsidy: too much money, but mostly well targeted - Network World

A few weeks ago I aired my worries about how the broadband funding in the Federal stimulus package was going to be spent. The government has now released documentation on that part of the package, and so far things look mostly OK.

The government has set up a Web site that is designed to let organizations, including states, apply for funding to support broadband deployment. And there is money to be had. The stimulus bill allocated $7.2 billion and directed the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce to hand it out. (Your tax dollars, or maybe your grandchild's tax dollars, at work...)