Links
Agencies:
NTIA:
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/
USDA Telecommunications Program:
http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/index.htm
Meetings & Symposia:
The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Columbia Business School and
The Georgetown Center for Business & Public Policy, McDonough School of Business Present IMPLEMENTING THE BROADBAND STIMULUS: Maximizing Benefits and Monitoring Performance FEBRUARY 19, 2009
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/citi/broadbandstimulus
The symposium agenda by itself offers a cogent summary of many of the technical and economic issues related to the programs. This link also includes further links to several papers and presentations that were made during the symposium.
Broadband Grant Programs Meetings at NTIA start Monday, March 2.
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/frnotices/2009/broadbandmeetings_090224.pdf
Joint public meeting of The Department of Commerce, The Department of Agriculture, and the Federal Communications Commission on ARRA Broadband Initiatives:
Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 10:00 to 11:30a.m.
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/frnotices/2009/March10meeting_090227.pdf
Agenda:
http://www.ntia.doc.gov//broadbandgrants/Agenda_090310.pdf
A series of six public meetings will continue through March, in Washington and around the country, as announced by Dr. Bernadette McGuire-Rivera of the NTIA during the March 10 meeting. All meetings will be streamed live on the Internet. Topics to be announced. Times and locations may change.
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/frnotices/2009/FR_BTOP_RFI_090312.pdf
Press:
How Will the $7.2B Allotted for Broadband Stimulus Be Spent? By Cyrus Farivar , PC World , 2009/02/20
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/022009-how-will-the-72b-allotted.html
Dave Burstein at DSL Prime offers many comments on the broadband programs.
http://www.fastnetnews.com/dslprime
Saul Hansell refers to cautions on the economic impact of the broadband programs raised by Raul Katz during the Columbia/Georgetown symposium:
Rural Broadband: No Job Creation Machine By Saul Hansell, NY Times, 2009/02/20 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/rural-broadband-no-job-creation-machine/
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/ibm-delivers-rural-broadband-over-power-lines/
BITS; I.B.M. to Deliver Rural Broadband By SAUL HANSELL, NY Times, 2009/02/23
XChange Magazine piece on expected widespread availability of DOCSIS 3.0 cable connections over most of the country by 2013. This could have implications on strategy under the ARRA of how to make broadband available in many instances.
http://www.xchangemag.com/hotnews/cable-will-have-faster-broadband-technology.html
Papers:
NTIA 2007 report on broadband:
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/reports/2008/NetworkedNationBroadbandinAmerica2007.pdf
Websites:
Rural Mobile Broadband Alliance - This lively site includes many articles and links to information focused on bringing Internet connections to rural communities via mobile broadband:
Commentary:
A skeptical view of the broadband programs. The author notes that broadband is currently available to most rural households, but is undersubscribed. The reasons relate principally to affordability, in his view.