The Broadband Hot Potato
Wall Street Journal, March 4, 2009
By Amol Sharma
The $7.2 billion broadband stimulus initiative could provide a crucial lifeline to municipalities struggling to bring broadband access to millions of Americans who don't have it. The saga of the central Vermont project shows how the financial turmoil has exacerbated the already daunting challenge of reaching the most sparsely populated areas of the country.
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