Feds announce latest round of broadband stimulus projects
President Obama announced today $795 million in USDA and Commerce Department grants and loans under the stimulus to bring high-speed Internet service to unserved or underserved areas. The projects (PDF) are expected to create 5,000 jobs up front and spur economic development in some of the nation's hardest-hit communities, according to a White House news release.
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said late Thursday the grants from his department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration would build the "middle mile" connecting communities to sources of broadband, while Agriculture Secretary Vilsack said the money from USDA's Rural Utilities Service would connect end-users like homes, hospitals and schools to the middle mile.
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Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said late Thursday the grants from his department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration would build the "middle mile" connecting communities to sources of broadband, while Agriculture Secretary Vilsack said the money from USDA's Rural Utilities Service would connect end-users like homes, hospitals and schools to the middle mile.
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