NTIA/RUS broadband workshop notes « Blandin on Broadband

It was a long day of powerpoints at the St. Paul ARRA Broadband Workshop this week. Overall, very little new or definitive information was provided. We did receive a folder with a flood of powerpoints (all online). Attendees who have spent significant time examining the NOFAs learned even less than I did. The following are some of the items that I wrote in my notes…

During the opening general session, attendees were told to stop fussing over the policy and to worry about incorporating plenty of partnering and long-term sustainability into quality applications...