California receives $2.3 million for broadband stimulus research

With over 2,200 applications waiting on the broadband stimulus grant updates, the stress has been heavily packed on while companies anxiously wonder whether any of the $4 billion available in the first round will be handed to their organization.

One state, however, just received some good news in the broadband sector. In efforts to expand the state’s broadband research, California has been awarded $2.3 million in federal stimulus money to collect information on the availability of broadband services in the state...