The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law No. 111-5, will be providing $4.7 billion establishing the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program. This program will fund eligible entities to develop and expand broadband services to rural and underserved areas and to improve access to broadband by public safety agencies.
At least $200 million of this funding will be available in grants for upgrading broadband at public computing centers including community college libraries and public libraries.
Get the details about these broadband grants at:
Jenny Levine at ALA tweeted me a link to the Broadband Deployment wiki where I found this page of resources for “Broadband Technology in the Federal Stimulus Package”:
http://illinoisbroadbanddeployment.pbwiki.com/Broadband-Technology-in-the-Federal-Stimulus-Package
Thanks, Jenny!