The broadband stimulus pipeline: NTIA rejects $6.33 billion in 667 ‘BTOP only’ broadband stimulus applications

San Francisco - One of the two federal agencies managing the $7.2 billion broadband stimulus program has to date rejected $6.33 billion in applications for funding, from among the total $27.662 billion in monies applied for.

Following on the heels of our report of January 22 that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) was in the process of mailing out some 1,400 rejection letters to applicants, last Friday the agency quietly updated its online database with information showing the rejected requests...