Comments on: USDA Awards $310 Million to 14 Broadband Providers http://www.ntca.org/new-edge/data/usda-awards-310-million-to-14-broadband-providers Giving you a new edge with technology. An NTCA publication. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:08:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Jesse Ward http://www.ntca.org/new-edge/data/usda-awards-310-million-to-14-broadband-providers/comment-page-1#comment-17 Jesse Ward Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:40:27 +0000 http://www.ntca.org/new-edge/?p=752#comment-17 Great questions. Yes, these awards are from the first round of funding through the RUS Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP), created through the <a href="http://broadbandusa.gov/index.htm" rel="nofollow">Recovery Act</a>. Here is what RUS said about Round 1 awards in its <a href="http://broadbandusa.gov/files/BIP%20Round%202%20FAQs%20-%20Updated%20Jan%2022%202010.pdf" rel="nofollow">FAQ for Round 2 (page 10)</a>: Round-one award announcements began in mid-December 2009, and will continue through February 2010. Applicants will receive notice of the outcome of their round-one applications prior to the round-two application deadline. In regards to <a href="http://www.ntca.org/new-edge/data/govt-announces-second-round-of-broadband-funding" rel="nofollow">round two</a>, the agencies plan to accept applications from February 16, 2010, to March 15, 2010, and announce all awards by September 30, 2010. Great questions. Yes, these awards are from the first round of funding through the RUS Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP), created through the Recovery Act.

Here is what RUS said about Round 1 awards in its FAQ for Round 2 (page 10): Round-one award announcements began in mid-December 2009, and will continue through February 2010. Applicants will receive notice of the outcome of their round-one applications prior to the round-two application deadline.

In regards to round two, the agencies plan to accept applications from February 16, 2010, to March 15, 2010, and announce all awards by September 30, 2010.

]]> By: Marco Barfield http://www.ntca.org/new-edge/data/usda-awards-310-million-to-14-broadband-providers/comment-page-1#comment-16 Marco Barfield Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:43:46 +0000 http://www.ntca.org/new-edge/?p=752#comment-16 Is this BIP $310 million in funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment based on the first round of funding? When will the USDA annouce everyone that has been selected on the first round? Is this BIP $310 million in funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment based on the first round of funding? When will the USDA annouce everyone that has been selected on the first round?

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