Industry groups offer input on second-round broadband stimulus rules

Various industry groups in recent days have voiced their opinions about the broadband stimulus effort to date and provided their input on how the rules might be tweaked for the second and final round.

The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association has reportedly asked that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Rural Utilities Service to delay broadband stimulus awards until March to give them more time to study and fix the “known flaws” in the rules...