Nearly 2,200 bidders applied for almost $28 billion in broadband stimulus money from both the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Agriculture's RUS fund. That is nearly seven times the $4 billion available for the program in this first round. Below is a list of the applicants vying for grants and loans for last-mile projects broken down by technology. Our special thanks go to Tim Sylvester, CEO of Avanzar Networks, a startup WiMAX ISP in Santa Cruz, Calif., that is vying for broadband stimulus money, for providing us with this information. The list of applicants can also be found on www.broadbandusa.gov [1].
Click on each of the last mile technologies to get a full list of applicants.
| Last Mile Technology | Applications |
Grant Funds Requested |
Loan Amount Requested |
Total Funds Requested |
| BPL [2] | 7 | $70 | $89 | $159 |
| Cable [3] | 19 | $63 | $23 | $86 |
| DSL [4] | 21 | $120 | $9 | $129 |
| Fiber [5] | 181 | $2,600 | $1,100 | $3,700 |
| Other [6] | 7 | $24 | $ - | $24 |
| Satellite [7] | 12 | $670 | $830 | $1,500 |
| Unknown [8] | 178 | $2,200 | $700 | $2,900 |
| Wireless – 3G [9] | 21 | $380 | $380 | $760 |
| Wireless – 802.11 [10] | 134 | $170 | $34 | $204 |
| Wireless – LTE [11] | 1 | $16 | $15 | $31 |
| Wireless – Motorola [12] | 25 | $253 | $9 | $262 |
| Wireless - Other [13] | 21 | $333 | $50 | $383 |
| Wireless – Unknown [14] | 196 | $1,730 | $744 | $2,474 |
| Wireless – WiMAX [15] | 307 | $1,100 | $500 | $1,600 |
| 1,130 | $9,729 | $4,483 | $14,212 |
(figures in millions)
Links:
[1] http://www.broadbandusa.gov
[2] http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/special-reports/bpl
[3] http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/special-reports/cable
[4] http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/special-reports/dsl
[5] http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/special-reports/fiber
[6] http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/special-reports/other
[7] http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/special-reports/satellite
[8] http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/special-reports/unknown
[9] http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/special-reports/wireless-3g
[10] http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/special-reports/wireless-802-11
[11] http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/special-reports/wireless-lte
[12] http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/special-reports/wireless-motorola
[13] http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/special-reports/wireless-other
[14] http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/special-reports/wireless-unknown
[15] http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/special-reports/wireless-wimax