Thursday, September 24, 2009

Analyst: Top broadband stimulus applications have pork barrel project feel - FierceBroadbandWireless

Consulting firm Endeavor Technologies has done some analysis on the top 10 applicants vying for broadband stimulus money. Some of their business plans look quite dubious.

Among the top 10 applicants, five are satellite, three are unlikely to qualify and the remaining two have a "bridge to nowhere feel," said the firm. "These are all very large projects and not one is likely to fit the model the architects of the broadband stimulus program had in mind..."