Recovery Act: WildBlue takes its shot - Telecom News Analysis

WildBlue Communications is going after a $30 million slice of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) money to help subsidize satellite broadband connections for about 10,000 homes in Colorado and Wyoming and another 10,000 in Arizona that are out of reach of high-speed cable, fiber, and DSL lines.

About $15 million of that sum would go toward the Colorado/Wyoming effort, with the rest earmarked for the Arizona project...