http://viodi.com/2009/01/06/stimulus-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stimulus-2 The Bridge Between the Heartland and Hollywood Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:25:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://viodi.com/2009/01/06/stimulus-2/comment-page-1/#comment-27260 Emmett Smith Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:05:16 +0000 http://viodi.com/?p=614#comment-27260 The TelCos have built it before only to see that they didn't come. The stimulus money has been spent and the states are now struggling to find the money to cover expenditures that were established by taxpayer stimulus funds. Their only choice is to raise taxes or cut the programs. If they cut the programs, the coming election is going to be made harder. If they raise taxes, the coming election is going to be made impossible and their already suffering constituents will have even less money to spend on broadband. The TelCos in the meantime will lose more control of their business model and be stuck with government mandates forcing them to maintain a network that no one wants or can afford to pay for. . The TelCos have built it before only to see that they didn't come. The stimulus money has been spent and the states are now struggling to find the money to cover expenditures that were established by taxpayer stimulus funds. Their only choice is to raise taxes or cut the programs. If they cut the programs, the coming election is going to be made harder. If they raise taxes, the coming election is going to be made impossible and their already suffering constituents will have even less money to spend on broadband. The TelCos in the meantime will lose more control of their business model and be stuck with government mandates forcing them to maintain a network that no one wants or can afford to pay for.
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]]> http://viodi.com/2009/01/06/stimulus-2/comment-page-1/#comment-12029 Ken Pyle Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:17:53 +0000 http://viodi.com/?p=614#comment-12029 Thanks to Robert Primosch for passing along this tidbit regarding a house appropriations bill that would provide grants of up to $2.825 Billion in grants through the Rural Utilities Service that would extend broadband in those areas where at least 75% of a given area is rural and lacks sufficient access to high speed broadband service (3 Mb/s down, 1 Mb/s up for advanced wireless, 5 Mb/s down, 1 Mb/s up for basic broadband, and 45 Mb/s down, 15 Mb/s up for advanced broadband). http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/RecoveryBill01-15-09.pdf, Thanks to Robert Primosch for passing along this tidbit regarding a house appropriations bill that would provide grants of up to $2.825 Billion in grants through the Rural Utilities Service that would extend broadband in those areas where at least 75% of a given area is rural and lacks sufficient access to high speed broadband service (3 Mb/s down, 1 Mb/s up for advanced wireless, 5 Mb/s down, 1 Mb/s up for basic broadband, and 45 Mb/s down, 15 Mb/s up for advanced broadband). http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/RecoveryBill01-15-09.pdf,

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