Definition of Broadband Could Pit Rural Versus Urban, Market Forces Against Public Interest
Broadband Stimulus, NTIA
March 20th, 2009
WASHINGTON, March 20, 2009 – Experts and citizens split words at the NTIA/RUS Thursday morning public roundtable seeking to define broadband – an essential element to determine what projects receive federal funding under stimulus spending.
On Broadband Issues, Lobbying Expenditures Jumped at Year's End
Broadband Stimulus
March 3rd, 2009
WASHINGTON, March 3, 2009 – The National Cable and Telecommunications Association spent $4.4 million lobbying Congress and executive branch agencies on the subject of “broadband” during the last quarter of 2008, more than twice as much as the U.S. Telecom Association spent lobbying during the same period.