What the first broadband stimulus awards tell us about how to win

Dec 18, 2009 3:20 PM, By Ed Gubbins

It’s too soon to say how well the first broadband stimulus fund awards will represent the awards that follow (they represent less than 10% of the first-round funds, and the rules may change for the second round), but given how publicly the White House touted these first picks, it would seem they’re intended to be exemplary, to some degree, of what the administration wants in an applicant.

Assuming that’s true, what do these early winners tell us about how to win broadband stimulus funds? Here are a few rough observations...