Feds should change definition of 'remote': Broadband stimulus applicant

The federal government’s definition of “remote” in broadband stimulus applications must change in order for the closely watched program to be truly successful, according ot the head of a Airfield, Calif.-based company that connects customers in rural northern California with fast, reliable Internet connections that match even surpass traditional DSL and cable providers.

According to Ofer Tenenbaum, general manager and co-founder of Personal Network Computing, Inc. dba Valley Internet, the economics “are not there for the private sector to pay for the capital needed to bring broadband to rural areas, and loans don’t make sense there as well...”