Hey RUS: What Happened to Loan Guarantees?
AppRising, July 22, 2009
By Geoff Daily
When Congress passed the stimulus they allocated $2.5 billion to RUS to distribute as loans, grants, or loan guarantees to stimulate broadband deployment. When RUS released its NOFA a it included the ability for rural broadband projects to apply for loans, grants, and loan/grant combos. This begs the question: Whatever happened to the loan guarantees?
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