$100M-plus broadband map is running into cost questions

February stimulus set aside $350M, which some in the telecommunications industry called excessive; now it looks as though less will be spent, but how much less remains anybody’s guess

By Peter Svensson and Joelle Tessler / The Bulletin
September 14, 2009

WASHINGTON " The national stimulus package passed by Congress in February may have been too enthusiastic about spending money on one particular project: figuring out where broadband Internet access is available and how fast it is.

The $787 billion stimulus bill championed by the Obama....

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