Cool! Definitely read the New America Foundation's strategy
paper. It looks like this round will be difficult for anything in
metro census blocks. I doubt there are many census blocks in SD
country that meet the requirements.
Cheers,
Roger
On Jul 7, at 4:09 PM, Charles Wyble wrote:
If you haven't already registered in CCR, you probably won't be
ready by the deadline.
socalwifi.net is registered and will be applying for a grant.
Roger Bly wrote:
I'm sure many of you have been lobbying for and will be involved
in projects related to new federal broadband stimulus money... in
case you missed it, the first round of funds have been released
and the $$ application process has begun.
New America Foundation has a good overview paper with strategy for
applying for $.
Quick summary is:
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
on July 1st released its Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) for
the first round of grants under the Broadband Technology
Opportunities Program (BTOP) of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
ARRA includes two categories of broadband funding: (1) $2.5
billion for the Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP); and (2) $4.7
billion for BTOP.
It appears the the BTOP will favor "underserved" and "unserved"
areas and commercial providers.
There are regulations requiring open networks, neutrality,
advertising claims, etc. (as we expect to see a lot more of in the
near future for existing telco and network providers.)
The full paper released today is here:
http://www.newamerica.net/files/Summary,%20Concerns,%20and%20Strategic%20Guidance%20regarding%20Notice%20of%20Funds%20Availability%20for%20BTOP.pdf
Cheers,
Roger Bly
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