Big ISPs on sidelines for broadband grants - InternetNews.com

The application deadline for the first round of funding for projects under the broadband stimulus program has come and gone with barely a flicker of interest from the country's largest Internet service providers.

The nation's four largest ISPs have each confirmed to InternetNews.com that they don't intend to apply for any of the $7.2 billion for broadband projects set aside in the economic stimulus package, particularly if some of the conditions attached to the first portion of the money remain unchanged...