Broadband stimulus draws handful of proposals - Denver Business Journal:

Federal stimulus program rules aimed at expanding broadband service in the United States are proving financially untenable for telecom’s biggest players and too daunting for many of the mom-and-pop shops in Colorado.

Still, the first round of grants and loans from the $7.2 billion program has generated interest from mid-sized operations in what could be more than $200 million worth of projects in the state...