Broadband aid in demand
More seek access than U.S. funds can satisfy
Posted: October 12, 2009 at 5:59 a.m.
The federal government will soon start handing out the first $4 billion from a pot of stimulus funds intended to spread high-speed Internet connections to more rural communities, poor neighborhoods and other pockets of the country clamoring for better access. The challenge is that the government has received $28 billion in requests.
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Business, Pages 12 on 10/12/2009
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