Middle-mile investment crucial to rural broadband, entrepreneur tells Congress - The Hill's Hillicon Valley

Earlier today, the House Small Business Committee examined some of the problems small firms are encountering when applying for stimulus funds for broadband projects.

James Gleason, chief executive of New Wave Communications, was the only small business owner to testify before the committee, and he was acting as a representative of the American Cable Association. (ACA represents about 900 smaller and medium-sized cable firms...)