I made a copy of the stimulus bill's complete text, just so you don't have to go searching through the Library of Congress database to find it (not that it's hard to do), here: http://images.bureau42.com/sa/stimulus.htm
This is the version that both the House and Senate have passed, and which will almost certainly be signed by President Obama today. You find the most interesting things just by keyword-searching for "broadband...." * The mad money totals an even seven billion dollars, which is only "available" until September 2010. * The Department of Agriculture, who have been somewhat friendly to WISPs in the past, appears to get control of most of that money. * Half of the original $7B is designated for "rural communities" (anyone know the precise definition of that term in this context?) * Within one year, the FCC is mandated to "complete a rulemaking to develop a national broadband plan." /* There will be a new IRS tax credit for broadband: 10% of your expenses if you provide "current-generation" service (which means 5Mbps down/1Mbps up for wireline, 3Mbps down/768kbps up for wireless), 20% for "next-generation" service (100Mbps down/20Mbps up, regardless of medium), for gear deployed between 1/1/09 and 12/31/11./ Remember to say please and thank-you to your accountant. Even if you don't like taking grant money, think it's inappropriate for the government to give it away, whatever, the tax credit looks promising. David Smith MVN.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
