Some towns may never get broadband Internet without stimulus funding: Applicant

It appears to be more difficult for small, unincorporated communities that lack unique ZIP codes or otherwise fail to fit the federal government’s template of the “community,” as outlined in the federal broadband stimulus program, to receive grants and loans, one applicant told TMCnet recently.

Rogers, Ark.-based Foundation Telecommunications, Inc. – a company that serves broadcast, cable, business, government and education clients worldwide – is seeking $5.2 million through the program to bring its two-way commercial satellite Internet service to 115 small communities in Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma and Tennessee...