[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Obama giving a gift to his corporate backers in Telecom?

[rhombus]

to build broadband networks in rural areas where it is not normally profitable to do so

poles, wires?

Obama giving a gift to his corporate backers in Telecom?

Absolutely. A cable wire out front doesn't necessarily mean people are going to have the money or the interest to subscribe.

[sarasota]

Of course. How many lobbyists from the likes of Google, Verizon, etc.?

[rwa265]

Accually, it’s Congress who’s mandating this. They appropriated $7.2 billion for broadband programs under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in February. According to Government Accountability Office Report GAO-10-823, August, 2010, the Government awarded $2.2 billion of that money in round 1 and has a September 30, 2010, deadline to obligate the remaining $4.8 billion.