Guess Why the Big ISPs Have Refused Broadband Stimulus Money
CrunchGear, August 17, 2009
By Nicholas Deleon
There may be two reasons why the biggest ISPs have refused government broadband stimulus money: One, the ISPs don't need the money. Or, Two, the ISPs could use the money, but they'd prefer not to accept it lest they be beholden to all sorts of government-imposed restrictions, one of which relates to Net Neutrality.
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