Caribbean Broadband Deal
January 25, 2009
Cuba and Venezuela reached further agreements on a plan to lay a new undersea cable to connect the countries and provide broadband Internet access to Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, and Trinidad. The project is scheduled for completion by 2010 and will be deployed by CVG Telecom (Corporacion Venezolana de Guyana) and ETC (Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de [...]
Obama’s $6 Billion Broadband Plan
January 19, 2009
More details about Obama’s stimulus package emerged this week. $6 billion of the proposed $825 billion infrastructure investment plan will go to broadband. The funds will be allocated by the Rural Utility Service and the NTIA to fund infrastructure in under served areas. $350 million alone will go to mapping broadband.
