Of 72 stimulus proposals sent by federal officials to Maine’s Bro...
Of 72 stimulus proposals sent by federal officials to Maine’s Broadband Strategy Council for review, only 19 were specific to state broadband needs, Gov. John Baldacci told the NTIA. A plan sponsored by Broadband for the Deaf and Hard…
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of Hearing, while reaching beyond state boundaries, has “notable” merit, Baldacci said in his Oct. 14 letter. The Maine council recommended that NTIA fund several infrastructure projects whose total value slightly exceeds $38 million. They are last-mile plans by FairPoint Communications in Aroostook, Washington and Hancock counties, a project by Chebeague Net on Chebeague Island and the “Three Ring Binder” middle-mile project by Biddeford Internet dba GWI. Maine reviewers endorsed two sustainable adoption plans whose total value is nearly $3.5 million: FairPoint’s Broadband with a Purpose Maine and a WiMAX project in Washington County sponsored by Axiom Technologies. The NTIA should fund the state library system’s proposal for a public computer center project valued at slightly more than $1.2 million, reviewers said.