EAGLE-Net will answer questions from a letter by...
EAGLE-Net will answer questions from a letter by Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo. (http://1.usa.gov/HuNXpT), to NTIA Administrator Lawrence Strickling on the company choosing Affiniti to operate and expand its network, said Chip White, EAGLE-Net vice president-business development. Gardner said the recent…
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agreement between EAGLE-Net and Affiniti could continue or enhance the current problems experienced by EAGLE-Net. Affiniti was formed in a merger between Trillion Partners and Sting Communications, said Gardner. Trillion Partners has been investigated for “numerous violations of the law, including anti-trust violations and E-rate program rule violations,” said Gardner. He asked NTIA to look into how Affiniti was formed, how it plans to work with providers that have been overbuilt by fiber, the fiscal sustainability of Affiniti and detailed plans of where Affiniti plans to build to unserved and underserved in Colorado. Gardner said it’s his responsibility as a “steward of taxpayer dollar[s]” to make sure that the $100.6 million invested in EAGLE-Net does not “fall into the hands of a company that is financially unsound or unwilling to work with the incumbent providers.” An agency spokesman said “NTIA has received Congressman Gardner’s letter and will respond accordingly.”