Poplar Bluff: Where broadband stimulus meets green technology

The head of a Poplar Bluff, Mo.-based company that brings Internet access and Web-hosting services to southeast Missouri told TMCnet in an interview that his company’s bid for a $1.5 million grant through the federal broadband stimulus program is unique, in part, because it’s an eco-friendly project.

According to Brian Becker, president of CEO of Poplar Bluff Internet, Inc., the company’s proposal to build a 31-tower, 760-square-mile broadband wireless network will do more than bring broadband services to people who only have dial-up now...