It will be interesting to compare the applications with the money winners. -RickG
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Tim Sylvester <[email protected]> wrote: > I spent several hours last night and today analyzing the BTOP/BIP > applications. WiMAX and Fiber are big winners with 307 WiMAX applications > requesting $1.6B and 181 fiber applications requesting $3.7B. There are a > total of 1130 last mile applications requesting $14.2B. This analysis is > based on the information provide in the project description and not all of > the descriptions listed the last mile technology. In the next couple of > weeks, NTIA will publish the executive summaries for the applications which > should shed more light on the projects. I downloaded all of the applications > into Excel and added a column with the Last Mile technology. Send me e-mail > if you would like a copy of the spreadsheet. > > Four tables summarizing the last mile applications are at the bottom of this > list. > > Highlights > > - Total of 1130 last mile projects requesting $14.2B. > > - WiMAX was the leading last mile technology with 307 projects requesting > $1.6B. > > - Last mile fiber projects requested the most funds with 181 projects > requesting $3.7B. > > - The largest grant application was submitted by RADGOV, INC requesting > $938,187,772 for public computer centers which is 13% of the entire $7.2B for > all three rounds. Also, the total amount allocated to Public Computer Center > projects in this round is only $50M. > > - Aircell is requesting $65M to deploy "Inflight Internet service in the > largely unserved U.S. airspace via Aircell's ATG commercial broadband > network." > > - Digital Bridge submitted 158 applications for WiMAX networks for a total of > $154M grant funding and $98M in loans for a total request of $252M. > > - Glen Martin Inc submitted an application for $160M to deploy "two thousand > miles of 10 GigE service throughout Missouri." They also submitted 23 > applications requesting a total of $252M to deploy wireless (probably > Motorola Canopy) broadband in rural Missouri. > > - Castillo Technologies, LLC submitted 17 applications requesting a total of > $51M for wireless broadband in rural Arizona. > > - Jedai Network, Inc. submitted 13 applications requesting $45M for deploying > broadband in rural Georgia. > > - KeyOn submitted 11 applications for $152M to deploy WiMAX at 3.65GHz in > Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota, Nevada, Missouri, Wisconsin, > Minnesota, Arkansas and Oklahoma. > > - Flow Mobile submitted 112 applications requesting $23M to deploy "a 4G-like > mobile broadband WiFi network." > > - Clear Talk submitted 8 applications requesting $386M to deploy software > defined radios initially supporting EVDO Rev. A and upgradeable to WiMAX/LTE. > > - Phalanx Technology Holdings, LLC submitted 5 applications requesting $141M > for a fiber network including $92M for Fiber to the home in eastern Iowa. > > - Tower Stream submitted 17 applications requesting $123M to deploy WiMAX. > > - Utopian Wireless Corporation submitted 40 applications requesting $50M to > deploy WiMAX. > > - UTAH TELECOMMUNICATION OPEN INFRASTRUCTURE AGENCY submitted 3 applications > requesting $57M to deploy "Fiber to the Premises" in Utah. > > Finally, my favorite project description comes from 21st Century > Communications, Inc. who is applying for an even $50,000,000 - "Collaboration > with Project Kick-Start for Broadband Public Computer Center Expansion > [William - add description]." > > Tim > > -- > Tim Sylvester > Avanzar Networks > (408) 826-8350 (o) > (408) 334-1700 (m) > [email protected] > > > > ******************************************************************************** > Last Mile Applications with Wireless Detail ($ amounts in millions) > > Technology Applications Grant Loan > Total > BPL 7 $70 $89 > $159 > Cable 19 $63 $23 > $86 > DSL 21 $120 $9 > $129 > Fiber 181 $2,600 $1,100 > $3,700 > Other 7 $24 $- > $24 > Satellite 12 $670 $830 > $1,500 > Unknown 178 $2,200 $700 > $2,900 > Wireless–3G 21 $380 $380 > $760 > Wireless–802.11 134 $170 $34 > $204 > Wireless–LTE 1 $16 $15 $31 > Wireless–Motorola 25 $253 $9 > $262 > Wireless-Other 21 $333 $50 > $383 > Wireless–Unknown 196 $1,730 $744 > $2,474 > Wireless–WiMAX 307 $1,100 $500 > $1,600 > ----- ------ ------ > ------- > Totals 1,130 $9,729 $4,483 > $14,212 > > ******************************************************************************** > Last Mile Applications ($ amounts in millions) > > Technology Applications Grant Loan > Total > BPL 7 $70 $89 > $159 > Cable 19 $63 $23 > $86 > DSL 21 $120 $9 > $129 > Fiber 181 $2,600 $1,100 > $3,700 > Other 7 $24 $- > $24 > Satellite 12 $670 $830 > $1,500 > Unknown 178 $2,200 $700 > $2,900 > Wireless 705 $3,982 $1,732 > $5,714 > ----- ------ ------ > ------- > Totals 1,130 $9,729 $4,483 > $14,212 > > > ******************************************************************************** > Last Mile Applications Sorted by Number of Applications ($ amounts in > millions) > > Technology Applications Grant Loan > Total > Wireless - non-WiMAX 398 $2,882 $1,232 > $4,114 > Wireless - WiMAX 307 $1,100 $500 > $1,600 > Fiber 181 $2,600 $1,100 > $3,700 > Unknown 178 $2,200 $700 > $2,900 > DSL 21 $120 $9 > $129 > Cable 19 $63 $23 > $86 > Satellite 12 $670 $830 > $1,500 > Other 7 $24 $- > $24 > BPL 7 $70 $89 > $159 > ----- ------ ------ > ------- > Totals 1,130 $9,729 $4,483 > $14,212 > > ******************************************************************************** > > Technology Applications Grant Loan > Total > Fiber 181 $2,600 $1,100 > $3,700 > Wireless - non-WiMAX 398 $2,882 $1,232 > $4,114 > Unknown 178 $2,200 $700 > $2,900 > Wireless - WiMAX 307 $1,100 $500 > $1,600 > Satellite 12 $670 $830 > $1,500 > BPL 7 $70 $89 > $159 > DSL 21 $120 $9 > $129 > Cable 19 $63 $23 > $86 > Other 7 $24 > $- $24 > ----- ------ ------ > ------- > Totals 1,130 $9,729 $4,483 > $14,212 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! 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