Sunday, February 08, 2009

What got cut from the stimulus bill

In light of our recent conversation, CNN reports....

Fully eliminated:
 $2 billion for broadband

For full article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/07/stimulus.cuts/index.html
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4 comments:

  1. jessica8:04 AM

    Other articles on the broadband issue: http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/chris-dannen/techwatch/which-senators-are-fighting-broadband-funding

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-d-atkinson-phd/the-right-broadband-stimu_b_152884.html

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  2. Chris8:57 PM

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  3. Chris8:58 PM

    putting the broadband cut in context though:

    http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/broadband-spending-trimmed-in-stimulus-compromise.ars

    "Spending cuts are the theme of the Senate's compromise draft of legislation meant to inject cash into a flagging economy. Those include a $2 billion reduction in money for rural broadband deployment, bringing the total down to $7 billion—though that's still more than the $6 billion allocated for broadband in the House version of the bill."

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  4. jessica7:00 PM

    Chris, thanks for correcting my omission of the total amount earmarked for broadband. That's what I get for posting at 4am!

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