NTIA rewards Level3, others, with broadband stimulus grants | Top Stories | Lightwave Online

MARCH 3, 2010 By Stephen Hardy -- Level3 Communications became the first “name” carrier to receive broadband stimulus money to enhance it fiber-optic network. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke yesterday announced 23 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act investments under the department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA's) Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). Six of those grants went to Level 3.

Secretary Locke announced grants worth a total of more than $160 million. The awards will fund broadband access and adoption projects in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, and West Virginia...