MAIN makes bid for rural broadband stimulus money | Mountain Xpress News | mountainx.com

The competition for $7.2 billion in federal stimulus funds for rural broadband development is about to begin, and the Asheville-based Mountain Area Information Network aims to be a front-runner in securing some of that cash.

Executive Director Wally Bowen says his organization will be applying as part of a coalition of locally owned Internet service providers who’ve been working together for six months. MAIN will team up with BalsamWest FiberNET, Pangaea and ERC Broadband...