One of the NTIA’s biggest broadband stimulus recipients...
One of the NTIA’s biggest broadband stimulus recipients is still waiting for its partial suspension to be lifted. EAGLE-Net Alliance, a $100.6-million infrastructure grantee focused on connecting educational institutions in Colorado, was partially suspended in December due to environmental review…
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issues related to its routes (CD Dec 10 p6). NTIA told us in February that it’s working with EAGLE-Net (CD Feb 27 p7), and, according to a March letter, may lift the suspension as soon as early April, which hasn’t happened yet. The grantee is “continuing to work to have the temporary suspension lifted by the NTIA,” it said in an April community update (http://bit.ly/Zn8Ioh). “With the arrival of the spring construction season, we are eager to get back to work in building the statewide broadband network. Once more information is available and the work stoppage has been lifted, we will send an updated notice.” The project’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program grant is set to expire at the end of summer. It responded to more than 150 E-rate applications in the application window for 2013, the update also said, with close to 60 commitments from Colorado schools and libraries -- a 60 percent increase from last year.