Broadband stimulus has failed to date

Let's stop kidding ourselves: to date, the broadband stimulus has failed. The original purpose of the stimulus was to get money flowing quickly to create jobs. We're now more than eight months in and no money's gone out. So the stimulus has failed to get money flowing quickly.

The stimulus has also failed when it comes to creating jobs. Not only has no money gone out to help create these jobs, but it seems like no one's even seriously talking about the broadband stimulus in terms of creating jobs any more...