So basically someone saw that they were spending too much money on this and
decided to fine tune the funding.
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com
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From: "George Rogato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 11:06 AM
Subject: [WISPA] RURAL BROADBAND ACT REDEFINES USDA LOAN RECIPIENTS
http://www.telecomweb.com/tnd/22967.html
A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives aims to
"improve and re-focus an important broadband loan program to ensure that
rural, unserved areas are properly targeted for investment in and
development of this critical infrastructure."
If passed, such reform could benefit incumbent telcos, competitive
telephone companies and cable companies alike. Crafted by Reps. Stephanie
Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) and Jerry Moran (R-KS), and co-sponsored by Earl
Pomeroy (D-ND), John Salazar (D-CO) and Adrian Smith (R-Neb), the
bi-partisan "Rural Utility Service Bill" (H.R. 2035) promotes increased
access to high-speed broadband Internet service in rural America. The bill
would improve the Rural Utility Service Broadband Loan Program that
provides federal loans to areas of rural America that don't have service;
that law, however, has a loophole that allows nonrural areas and areas
that already have broadband services to apply for these loans, thus
depleting the cash set aside for the real rural America.
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George Rogato
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