Make big bucks rolling out broadband to unserved areas!

July 2, 2009

Attention, all high speed Internet lovers—the government has released its first Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) and is asking for applications to spend that broadband stimulus money. This is phase one of the roll-out of that $7.2 billion worth of broadband stimulus cash contained in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. You can bet your best router that folks across the country are reading the NOFA backwards and forwards in preparation for the application window, which begins on July 14, 2009 at 8:00am eastern time and closes on August 14, 2009 at 5:00 pm.

Here's the thumbnail version of what the key agencies are looking for—they being the Department of Commerce's Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) and the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utility Service's Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP).