What if you threw a broadband party and everybody came?

Last Wednesday I discussed the absurdity of the PR campaign promoting the concept that the broadband stimulus program was a failure because the incumbent telcos and cable companies refuse to submit proposals.

Then Thursday morning the news broke that some 2,200 applicants submitted proposals totaling almost $28 billion in pursuit of the $4 billion that’s available from NTIA/RUS in this funding round. Hmm, so much for the “failure” gambit. On several levels it appears the stage is set for major successes. But let’s not count too many chickens just yet...