Network installation and repair experts: "Plumbers" of the Information Age

For companies that specialize in network installation and repair, federal dollars earmarked – as part of the $787 billion economic stimulus package – for high-speed Internet proliferation in the United States may be compared to programs that brought electricity to much of the nation about one century ago, the head of a Louisville, Ky.-based professional services firm told TMCnet.

So-called “broadband stimulus” funding not only will deliver new Internet capabilities to unserved and under-served areas in the nation, according toRuss Maney ( News - Alert), principal and co-founder of Xponential Group – a firm that consults on a wide range of technology-related needs for businesses of all sizes, including the network – it also will serve to help many carriers build out their network infrastructures...