Are RLECs giving up on broadband stimulus? | Unfiltered

Tier-two and tier-three carriers may be giving up on the federal broadband stimulus program, according to one broadband equipment vendor CEO.

Several such carriers, such as CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL) and Windstream (NYSE:WIN), did not apply for stimulus funds due to the requirements attached, such as network neutrality and data disclosure. (Frontier Communications applied, but only in one state.) But some industry observers expected those carriers to try applying in later rounds once changes in the qualification process were made. Windstream, for example, said last month that it was working to convince federal administrators to change those rules...