It's my impression that the major national telecom companies are requesting only a very small fraction of the total available funding, e.g., see: http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=448288
Perhaps rural ILECS will seek and obtain a larger share, though mostly they're likely to be funded instead via the USDA's BIP program. Here in Massachusetts, collaborations of nonprofits and government agencies are taking the lead: * a 100 million dollar request by the Mass Broadband Institute, which was created by the state legislature http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_13141443 * $40 million requested by the OpenCape Initiative http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/08/17/daily39.html?q=opencape * $15 million by the City of Boston in cooperation with various for profit and nonprofit partners http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/08/17/daily32-Boston-seeks-15M-in-stimulus-funds-for-city-broadband.html/ * another nearby City Housing Authority seeking $2 million plus... What's happened with BTOP applications in other states? This was an interesting overview in Business Week: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2009/tc20090814_380799.htm - Stephen Ronan sro...@panix.com > > What do people know about the Broadband Technology Opportunities Grants? Is > it realistic for a nonprofit to get one of these grants? In looking through > the grant application, it looks like it's pitched towards really large > telecommunications companies that could cover several states: > > http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/meetings.html > > Andrew Sears > Executive Director > TechMission > www.techmission.org > and...@techmission.org (617) 359-0394 (cell) > (617) 282-9798 x101 (office) (617) 825-0313 (fax) > > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net > http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net > http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
