White House pledges another $800 million for broadband stimulus

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Usually, when we see "stimulus" and "broadband" in the same sentence it's because someone turned off our Google SafeSearch filter, but today we have one such item that is totally safe for work.

According to Information Week, the $7.2 billion in broadband grants and loans that we've already seen will be buttressed by an additional $800 million.

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