Semo.net Weblog » Announcements http://blog.semo.net Southeast Missouri's Online Community Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:41:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Semo.net Disputes USDA Rules Preventing Rural Broadband Grant http://blog.semo.net/2010/03/03/semo-net-disputes-usda-rules-preventing-rural-broadband-grant/ http://blog.semo.net/2010/03/03/semo-net-disputes-usda-rules-preventing-rural-broadband-grant/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:50:51 +0000 Semo.net Management http://blog.semo.net/?p=2109 Below is a press release describing semo.net’s attempts to secure USDA broadband stimulus funding to make high-speed access available in our area; an area which the USDA has decided is not remote enough to qualify.

USDA TILTING AT WINDMILLS: LITTLE GUY EXPOSES USDA STIMULUS BLUNDER

Brian Becker owns a small Internet Service in Southeast Missouri started in 1995. Becker has documents to show that the USDA, responsible for doling out billions for Rural Broadband, has contradicted both itself and Congress. Most are skeptical at first, but a few minutes with him and you realize that $7.2B stimulus dollars hinge on one word.
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