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The two federal agencies responsible for allocating $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus spending today released information about the next round of funding, which total $4.6 million. They also revealed how they would handle the missing $2.3 billion from the last round of grants. Read More »
The two government agencies responsible for distributing the $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus grants said today that they’ve consolidated the two remaining funding rounds into one, and have asked for more input to improve the application process. The stimulus program, which closed the… Read More »
Google’s Mountain View, Calif., Wi-Fi network was supposed to mark the search giant’s evolution into an ISP when it was unveiled three years ago, delivering free Internet access to people as a way of getting more of them to see its… Read More »
The government agencies responsible for dispensing $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus money said today that 2,200 entities have applied for the first tranche of $4 billion in grants. The total funding sought was just shy of $28 billion, according to a release posted… Read More »
Today is the due date for municipalities and companies to apply via mail for a piece of the $4 billion being released in the first tranche of the broadband stimulus program, (those filing electronically get another week to get their applications through… Read More »
Folks applying online for some of the $4 billion in broadband stimulus funds available in the first round of grants have a little breathing room thanks to the government servers hitting a wall. It’s not clear what department is running the servers, but like… Read More »
Groups representing municipal broadband advisers and consumer-oriented nonprofits have written a letter protesting the way the first tranche of $4 billion in broadband stimulus funds is being distributed. They sent the letter to Larry Strickling, the administrator of the National Telecommunications and… Read More »
American Airlines, which has so far been offering the Gogo in-flight wireless broadband on nonstop flights between New York JFK and San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Miami, says that it will add the service to an additional 300 planes over the next two years.… Read More »
After success with its low-power Atom processor in netbooks, Intel is embracing the mobile Internet device, with the chip giant expected to announce at this year’s Mobile World Congress a planned MID with LG Electronics that will include 3G voice capabilities. The MID will run on… Read More »
The House and Senate held a pre-Valentine’s Day love fest last night and produced a compromise stimulus package; the two houses must now approve the conference bill, after which it would be sent to the president. For details on the full $789 billion plan, you can… Read More »
The Wall Street Journal this morning had a short article pointing out the somewhat obvious reasons why location-based services on cell phones are still not mainstream. It also helpfully pointed out that carriers were working on it. To recap, LBS services need three main things:… Read More »
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