Donnie Smith of Jaguar Communications seems to have it down to a
science. He has been at the last 2 ISPCons and talked about it quite a bit.
Sam Tetherow
Sandhills Wireless
Zack Kneisley wrote:
If anyone has had luck getting RUS monies, I would love to talk to them!
Zack Kneisley
740-432-3130
On 5/4/07, Mike Hammett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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
----- Original Message -----
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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