StimulatingBroadband is gathering recommendations and comments that states are sending to the NTIA/RUS for broadband stimulus projects in their area. Minnesota has elected not to share this list. So I wanted to see how other states have ranked some of the national projects. I won’t pretend that I read the 20 or so applications word by word, but I scanned them and thought they were very interesting.

Some states gave very long lists of recommended projects, such as Virginia with 66. Some states really whittled the list; Massachusetts narrowed it down to three. One state decided not to offer recommendations (Alaska). Most states seemed to focus on infrastructure. Some states seem to have been involved with the broadband stimulus project from the onset, such as Vermont. Some states had detailed descriptions of the considerable constraints of the recommendation process (no metrics, uneven applications…); other states, such as Kansas, shared their own metrics for judging applications.

I didn’t see a lot of national applications mentioned in the mix. I noticed a couple of states mentioned Connected Nation projects (Kansas and South Carolina). I saw Level 3 (CA, FLA, GA, KS, TX) was mentioned a few times. I saw a lot of wireless projects and a few fiber networks. I saw some rural areas and some not-so-rural places mentioned. I saw some local resources partner with national resources such as the National Education Foundation’s online courses and on-site instructors. Lots of libraries and schools got involved. (I have notes on the specific state recommendations below.)

While I was looking at the state recommendations, Minnesota’s Freedom Foundation was looking at the Minnesota applications. MinnPost ran a recent article on findings from the Freedom Foundation, which “actively advocates the principles of individual freedom, personal responsibility, economic freedom, and limited government”. They call out a few proposals where they feel that too much money is being requested for “dubious projects”. It’s great to know that someone is looking at government costs; I’d love to see them take a different approach on the funding and track the potential return on investment or what’s the cost of not investing in some projects? Looking at ROI in terms of jobs created and economic development is a fair assessment of applications for stimulus funds; in fact some of the states’ recommendations specifically called out jobs created in the metrics they used to recommend applications.)

Below are notes on recommendations from the State. I grabbed what was easy to grab for my own comparison. I thought they might be of interest, so I’m sharing my notes but the info provided is uneven – often due to format more than discrepancy in information provided.

Alabama
Last Mile (BTOP only)

• City of Mobile (Mobile, AL) – $7.4M for wireless project in urban central Mobile
• Knology Total Communications, Inc. (Westpoint, GA) – $5.1M to upgrade existing cable service in East Houston County
• Contact Network Inc. d/b/a InLine (Birmingham, AL) – $11.3M for fiber cable and wireless service to 6 counties in Northwest Alabama, including Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston counties
• City of Bessemer (Bessemer, AL) – $13M for wireless project in Bessemer

Last Mile (Non‐remote)

• Utopian Wireless Corporation (Bethesda, MD) – $1.9M grant / $1.9M loan for Wi-max project in Piedmont and Attala
• Utopian Wireless Corporation (Bethesda, MD) – $1.1M grant / $1.1M loan for Wi-max project in Muscle Shoals
• Utopian Wireless Corporation (Bethesda, MD) – $743K grant / $743K loan for Wi-max project in Ashford
• Utopian Wireless Corporation (Bethesda, MD) – $337K grant / $337K loan for Wi-max project in Parrish
• Utopian Wireless Corporation (Bethesda, MD) – $265K grant / $265K loan for Wi-max project in Demopolis
• Utopian Wireless Corporation (Bethesda, MD) – $705K grant / $705K loan for Wi-max project in Hamilton
• Reliable Link (Dothan, AL) – $2.4M for wireless project in outer areas of Houston County
• Anniston Fiber Optics, Inc. (Anniston, AL) – $5M for Broadband East Alabama Region (BEAR) project; mix of fiber and wireless in Calhoun, Talladega, eastern Clay and Cleburne Counties
• City of Sheffield (Sheffield, AL) – $4M for wireless project in Sheffield
• Advanced Computer Solutions LLC DBA Advanced Broadband (Cullman, AL) – $231K grant / $238K loan for wireless project in parts of Hartselle, Danville, Falkville, Speake-Oakville, Gurley, New Hope, Owens Cross Roads, Arsenal, Eva, Laceys Spring Valamoroso Springs and Somerville
• City of Eutaw (Eutaw, AL) – $992K for cable project in Eutaw, Boligee and Union (all in Greene County)

Last Mile (Remote)

• Utopian Wireless Corporation (Bethesda, MD) – $3.9M grant / $3.9M loan for Wi-max project in Winfield
• Rabbit Internet Services, LLC (Clanton, AL) – $976K for wireless project in Billingsley (north Autauga County)

Middle Mile

• Troy Cablevision, Inc. (Troy, AL) – $34.9M grant / $34.9M loan for SmartBand-Rural Broadband for Economic Development and Energy Independence to serve 16,500 energy consumers in 4 unserved/ underserved rural counties
• Tower Cloud, Inc. (St. Petersburg, FL) – $21.9M for network to extend new fiber laterals from existing fiber backbones to connect cell sites and construct new fiber rings in Huntsville, Decatur, Athens, Dothan, Fort Rucker, Montgomery and Wetumpka
• Department of Finance, Information Services Division (Montgomery, AL) – $20.9M to upgrade state’s data network to provide robust, converged voice and data network access to state agency and public safety offices throughout Alabama.
• ART Leasing, Inc. dba FiberTower Broadband Corp. (San Francisco, CA) – $51.3M to expand middle mile connectivity in areas around Huntsville, Montgomery, Mobile, Gadsden, Birmingham
• Tombigbee Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Guin, AL) – $599K grant / $599K loan for fiber ring throughout Lamar and Marion Counties
• Communications Infrastructure Group, LLC (Atlanta, GA) – $4M for broadband in 7 Black Belt Counties (Perry, Dallas, Marengo, Wilcox, Butler, Covington, and Coffee)
• Broadband Interstate Telecom Services (Cumming, GA) – broadband expansion throughout Macon County

Sustainable Broadband Adoption

• City of Mobile (Mobile, AL) – $3.3M for telemedicine services and education project
• Snead State Community College (Boaz, AL) – $3.6M for equipment and training on 6 Alabama campuses (Snead State in Boaz, Bevel State in Sumiton, Bishop State in Mobile, Central Alabama in Alex City, Faulkner State in Bay Minette and Trenholm State in Montgomery)
• Alabama Department of Mental Health (Montgomery, AL) – $5M for tele-psychiatry and tele-training for psychiatrists throughout the state
• Alabama Department of Homeland Security (Montgomery, AL) – $12.3M for Alabama Next Generation Emergency Network (ANGEN) that will break down barriers to broadband for safety, healthcare, and related organizations, unlocking sustained demand by anchor institutions all over the state.
• City of Bessemer (Bessemer, AL) – $6.6M for CyberLearning project in partnership with the National
  Education Foundation – provides online courses and on-site instructors
• City of Sheffield (Sheffield, AL) – $2.2M for CyberLearning project in partnership with the National Education Foundation – provides online courses and on-site instructors
• Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (Montgomery, AL) – $3.08M for the state’s 22 community action agencies and over 100 satellite offices, acquiring high speed connectivity where needed, updated equipment, regular training, and at least one client access computer in each location.
• City of Anniston (Anniston, AL) – $200K to expand library’s computer center with laptops and add teleconference equipment

Public Computer Centers

• The Valley Garden Activities Center, Inc (Huntsville, AL) – $57K for wireless access and equipment for community center in economically depressed area
• Housing Authority of the City of Prichard (Prichard, AL) – $975K for new computer technology center
• City of Mobile (Mobile, AL) – $1.6M to equipment, education and training at 13 existing computer centers
• Ready for College, Inc. (Tallassee, AL) – $372K for public computer center that will include an educational health and fitness program for senior citizens and after-school programs
• City of Enterprise (Enterprise, AL) – $387K for new public computer center
• City of Montgomery Public Library (Montgomery, AL) – $93K for new public computer center at Rosa Parks Avenue Library
• Boat People SOS, Inc. (Bayou La Batre) – $203K for computer center for Southeast Asian population for educational and broadband access
• BlackBelt Technologies, Inc. (Birmingham, AL) – $500K for public computer center in Selma
• City of Eutaw (Eutaw, AL) – $89K for new public computer center in Eutaw

Alaska
no recommendations

Arizona:

Middle Mile

• Navajo Tribal Utility Authority
• Triplet Mountain/San Carlos Apache Telecom
• Pac Tex Communications, Inc.

Last Mile

• Smith Bagley, Inc.
• Towerstream I
• Wecom, Inc.
• Wi-Vod Corporation (Pinal)
• Wi-Vod Corporation (Northern Arizona)
• Aztech Cable, LLC
• NPG Cable, Inc. (greater Munds Park)
• NPG Cable, Inc. (greater Pinetop/Strawberry)
• REW Networks AZ, LLC
• Castillo Technologies, LLC (greater Holbrook, Joseph City)
• Castillo Technologies, LLC (greater Eager/Springerville)
• Community Center Broadband Grant Category
• Arizona State Library Archives and Public Records
• Maricopa County Library District
• Mission Economic Development Agency – for AZ Chicanos Por La Causa

Sustainability Broadband Grant Category

• Tohono O’Odham Utility Authority
• CHC-TV, LLC
• Wild Blue Communications, Inc.
• Broadband for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

California

• Westside Broadband Project for Rural Central California-San Joaquin, Tranquility, and West Fresno (Audearmus)
• NorCal Broadband Access Consortium California Northeastern Middle Mile Span (Broadband Associates Intl)
• Highway 299 Middle Mile Fiber Optic Project (Broadband Associates Intl)
• Highway 299 Last Mile Project (Broadband Associates Intl)
• Digital 395 Middle Mile Project (CA Broadband Cooperative Inc)
• CB Project 1 (CA Valley Broadband)
• Grover Beach Municipal Network (City of Grover Beach)
• Shafter Broadband Network (City of Shafter)
• Sierra Internet Enhancement for Rural Regional j Area (ConnectTo Communications, Inc.)
• California Central Valley Advanced Wireless Services Backbone Ring (Fresno County Superintendent of Schools)
• Hoopa Broadband Project (Hoopa Valley Tribe)
• BorderNet Patrol (Imperial County Office of Edu)
• Northern California Counties Broadband : Middle Mile (IP Networks)
• Expanding broadband access across California (Level 3 EON)
• Nevada County Connected (Nevada County Economic Resource Council
• NorCal Broadband Access Consortium -Valley Internet for Luke, Glenn, Colusa, Napa, Solano counties (Personal Network Computing/Valley Internet)
• NorCal Broadband Access Consortium Plumas Sierra Telecommunications Lassen Project (Plumas-Sierra Telecommunications)
• Kem County – 5 Service Areas (Race Communications)
• California Telehealth Network Expansion and • Enhancement Initiative –NTINBTOP Infrastructure (Regents of the U of CA)
• AccessMendo (Rural Broadband Now!)
• Siskiyou Broadband Middle Mile (Siskiyou County Economic Development Council)
• Siskiyou Broadband Last Mile Project (Siskiyou County Economic Development Council)
• ICuyama Rural Broadband Project (SK Works)
• SCTCA/TDVNet-BIP (Southern California Tribal Chairmen Assn)
• Central Coast Wireless Broadband Project (Surfnet Communications)
• Broadband Grid for CA’s Central Coast (University Corporation at Monterrey Bay)
• Colfax, CA Last Mile Project (WaveDivision Holdings)
• Los Angeles Wireless Broadband Initiative (Youth Policy Institute)
• Neighborhood Empowerment and Support through Teamwork -Information and Training –Centers (Boat People SOS)
• ALLIANCE Project (Butte-Glenn Community College District)
• CREATE -Computer Refurbishing and Employment Applications Training and Education (CA Emerging Tech Fund)
• Broadband Awareness and Adoption (CA Emerging Tech Fund)
• Santa Monica City Net & City Wi-Fi (City of Santa Monica)
• CFY/LAUSD Family Broadband Engagement Program (Computers for Youth Foundation, Inc.)
• Lake Tahoe Public Intranet (LTPI) (Lake Tahoe Community College)
• Narrowing the Digital Divide through Edu & Access (North Orange County Community College District
• Get Connected Oakland (City of Oakland)
• Open Los Angeles Community Adoption (Open Neighborhoods)
• EmeryConnect (Paxio)
• California Telehealth Network Expansion and Enhancement lnitiative-NTIAlBTOP Broadband Adoption (Regents of the U of CA)
• CloudConnect (san Diego County Office of Edu)
• Studybeat.com Broadband Adoption Campaign (Studio 4 Networks)
• Sustainable Broadband Adoption Community Connectivity (TCU Community Partnership)
• LA Family Technology Project (Youth Policy Institute)
• Public Access Computer Centers (City of Berkeley)
• Neighborhood Empowerment & Support through Teamwork -Community Technology Center Orange County (Boat People SOS)
• 21st Century Learning Centers (Califa Group)
• Digital Literacy for All: A California Emerging Technology Fund Public Computer Centers Proposal (CA Emerging Tech Fund)
• Central California Computer Learning Center (CCCLC) (CA State University, Fresno Foundation)
• Farmersville Computer Center (City of LA)
• LA’s Computer Access Network – City of LA)
• RC Family Resource Center Community Connections Computer Center (City of Rancho Cuamonga)
• Access/ No Excuse (Educating Young Minds)
• Community Learning Zones (CLZs) (Hope Through Housing Foundation)
• Transforming Neighborhood Network Centers for Job Creation & Broadband Access (Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino)
• Central Valley Connections (Kings Canyon Unified School District)
• LAUSD Online Parent Community Canters (LA Unified School District)
• Los Angeles Urban League Community Tech & Media Center (LA Urban League)
• Latino Microenterprise Tech Net (Mission Economic Development Agency)
• Siskiyou Broadband Public Computer Center (Siskiyou County Economic Development Council)
• Energy and Technologies, Resource and Training Center (TCU Community Partnership)
• YPI Public Computer Centers (Youth Policy Institute)

Colorado:

• Colorado Community Anchors Broadband Consortium (CCABC) – Connecting Colorado’s Middle Mile (Applicant Centennial Board of Cooperative Edu Services)
• SW Colorado Community Connection (Brainstorm Internet Inc)
• Wireless Broadband Overlay & Expansion Throughout Rural Colorado & Nebraska) (NE Colorado Cellular)
• Connecting Weld to the World (High Plains Library District)
• Public Computing Initiative for Gunnison Colorado (Internet Colorado)
• Technology Empowerment (Denver Public Library)
• Colorado Broadband Promises (Governor’s Office of Information Technology)
• National Stroke Association Broadband-Based Telestroke Pilot Project (National Stroke Association)
• Colorado Telehealth Network (Colorado Center for the Advancement of Patient Safety)

Florida

• Florida’s Heartland
• GTC
• Level 3 EON
• North Florida Broadband Authority
• Northwest Florida Business Development Council
• Okaloose County Board of County Commissioners
• Palm Beach County
• Engage Communications
• Florida Public Broadcasting Service
• Fort Pierce Utilities Authority
• Home Town Cable TV
• Miami-Dade Broadband Coalition
• OneBrowardWired for Success (Broward County Board of County Commissioners)
• FL’s Broadband Enables Public Library Service Department of State
• Public Access PPC Expansion Leon County
• Miami-Dade County Library Community Broadband Initiative
• Connect Florida (FL Department of Management Services)
• FL Learning Alliance
• School Board of Miami-Dade County

Georgia

• Georgia Partnership for Telehealth, Inc.
• Professional Resources Management of Rabun, LLC dba Mountain Lakes Medical Center
• Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation
• Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc.
• Public Safety, Georgia Department of
• DeKalb County School System
• Fulton County Georgia
• Athens Regional Library System
• South Georgia Regional Library
• Goodwill Industries of the Coastal Empire, Inc.
• North Georgia Network Cooperative Inc
• Level 3 EON, LLC
• City of Savannah
• 87 Columbia County Georgia IT
• South Georgia Regional Information Technology Authority
• Public Service Wireless, Inc.
• Plantation Cablevision, Inc.
• Main Street Broadband LLC
• City of Elberton, Ga.
• Utopian Wireless Corporation
• Flint Cable TV, Inc.
• Effingham County Board of Education

Illinois

Infrastructure projects (alphabetical order):

• 4SIWI LLC (4SIWI 5 County Expansion proposal)
  Aurora, Illinois (Aurora Municipal Broadband for Education, Economic Development (Healthcare and the
• Digital Divide)
• Blackhawk Hills Resource Conservation & Development (Blackhawk Hills Fiber Optic System)
• Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband – Below Ground – UC2B Middle
• Mile & Last Mile Infrastructure)
• Carl Sandburg College (EduNet Wireless Wide Area Network Expansion)
• Central Management Services (Illinois Century Network BIG: Bringing Illinois Gigaspeeds)
• City of Highland (FTTx Broadband Service to Underserved of Rural Highland, IL)
• City of Rockford (Greater Rockford Area Fiber Optic System)
• DeKalb County Government (DeKalb Advancement of Technology Authority Broadband)
• Delta Communications, LLC dba Clearwave Communications (Southern Illinois Middle Mile)
• Gargoyle Technologies, Inc. dba Volo Broadband (Champaign County Broadband Backbone)
• Gargoyle Technologies, Inc. dba Volo Broadband (Champaign County Volo)
• Geneseo Communications, Inc. (Rural Illinois Community Connect)
• Illinois Rural Electric Cooperative (West Central Illinois Broadband)
• Norlight Telecommunications, Inc. (Rural High-Speed Ethernet Network – Southern Illinois)
• SmartChicago Broadband Infrastructure (SmartChicago Broadband Infrastructure)
• South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association SSMMA (Regional Broadband Connectivity Project)
• Tel-Star Cablevision Inc. QCRB (Quad County Rural Broadband)

9 highly recommended Public Computer Center projects (alphabetical order):

• B&J Computers Inc. (B&J Training Center)
• Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband Above Ground)
• Center of Higher Development (Connecting, Widening, and Strengthening Communities)
• Housing Authority of the (City of Rock Island One Stop Technology Centers)
• Illinois Rural Electric Cooperative (West Central Illinois Computer Centers)
• Lawndale Business and Local Development Corp. (Lawndale Network Training Centers)
• Lumity (Lumity Community Centers Of Excellence Program)
• SmartChicago Public Computer Centers (SmartChicago Public Computer Centers)
• Zion-Benton Public Library District (Steps to Success)

4 highly recommended Sustainable Broadband Adoption projects (alphabetical order):

• Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband Above Ground SBA)
• Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois Fire Service Institute (Broadband at the University of Illinois Fire Service Institute Learning Resource and Research Center)
• Connect SI Foundation, Inc. (Connect SI Content Development Team (CDT)
• SmartChicago Sustainable Broadband Adoption (SmartChicago Sustainable Broadband Adoption)

Kansas

• Allegiance Fiber To The Home (Allegiance Communications)
• BTOP: Expanding & Enabling Broadband Technology & Competition in the Kansas City, MO and KS area (American Fiber Systems, Inc.)
• Bi-lingual Broadband Education (Broadband Alliance)
• Barber County Mobile Broadband (Cellular Network Partnerships)
• EVERY CITIZEN ONLINE (Connected Nation)
• Customer Premises Equipment Coupon Program (EchoStar XI Operating)
• Innovation in Education and Workforce Training; Critical Uses of a New Virtual World Framework (Federation of American Scientists)
• FTI High Speed Satellite Internet Package for Rural & RemoteSmall Communities (Foundation Telecommunications Inc)
• Fiber To The Home in Rural Kansas (Home Communications, Inc.)
• Kan-ed: Scaling Up Video Teleconferencing Services to Enhance Public Access in Kansas Libraries (Kansas Board of Regents, Kan-ed)
• Eastern Kansas WiMax Project (Kansas Broadband Internet, Inc.)
• Connect Kansas – Sedan Broadband Communications Center (Kansas Farm Bureau Foundation)
• Connect Kansas – Sustainable Broadband Adoption Initiative (Kansas Farm Bureau Foundation)
• Freenet Underserved & Rural Broadband Initiative (Lawrence Freenet, Inc.)
• Expanding broadband access across Kansas (Level 3 EON, LLC)
• Economically Sustainable Business Anywhere® Center for Broadband Adoption and Household Subscription (Logiclink Inc.)
• Broadband and Enhanced Medical Care (Equipment for Network only) (Miami County Medical Center)
• East Kansas Build (1) (Nex-Tech Wireless, LLC)
• Far East Kansas Build (2) (Nex-Tech Wireless, LLC)
• Fixed Wireless Infrastructure Proposal for Kansas and portions of IA, MO, NE and OK (Pixius Communications, LLC)
• Fiber to the Prairie (The World Company d/b/a Sunflower Broadband)
• Xanadoo – WiMAX service in Kansas (Xanadoo Broadband, LLC)

Massachusetts

• Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI)
• OpenCape application
• City of Boston applications

Michigan

Applications for last mile coverage:

• Agri-Valley
• Air Advantage
• Alpena Public School District
• Azulstar
• Barry County Telephone Company
• Beaver Island Broadband
• Midwest Energy
• Pasty.Net

Applications for middle mile coverage:

• Merit
• Control Room Technologies
• Ottawa County

Applications for public computing centers:

• Michigan State University
• Community Outreach Services Corporation

Applications for sustainable broadband adoption:

• Michigan State University
• Saginaw Valley
• Information Systems Intelligence

Nebraska

LAST MILE/MIDDLE MILE PROJECTS

• Great Plains Communications Fiber-to-the-Node/Fiber-to-the-Home Last Mile Project (Great Plains Communications, Inc,)
• Pinpoint WiMAX (Pinpoint Communications, Inc.)
• Nebraska Heartland Rural Broadband (Cable Nebraska)
• NE Nebraska Broadband Project (Long Lines Siouxland,)
• Eastern NE Fiber Exchange Network Upgrades (Eastern Nebraska Telephone Company (ABHe))

PUBLIC COMPUTER CENTER PROJECTS

• Nebraska Public Computer Centers (Applied Information Management Institute)

Oregon

For Infrastructure:

• BTOP NTIA Grant App# 942 – Middle Mile I $10,488,505
• BTOP NTIA Grant App# 1333 -Middle Mile 1$5,668,700
• BIP/BTOP NTIA Grant App# 733 – Last Mile 1$1,727,300
• BIP/BTOP NTIA Grant App# 1221 – Last Mile I $628,860
• BIP/BTOP NTIA Grant App# 3093 -Last Mile I $136,394
• BIP/BTOP NTIA Grant App# 274 – Last Mile I $5,160,000
• BIP/BTOP NTIA Grant App# 3282 – Last Mile 1$2,089,540

For Public Computer Center:

• NTIA Grant App# 2114 -Public Computer Center 1$3,439,441
• NTIA Grant App# 2269,3226 and 3479 -Public Computer Center 1$258,189

For Sustainable Broadband Adoption:

• BTOP NTIA Grant App# 2129- Sustainable Broadband Adoption / $3,376,415

Pennsylvania

• Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
• Delaware County Library System
• DQE Communications LLC
• Executive Office of the Commonwealth of PA
• Geisinger Clinic
• PA Department of Community & Economic Development
• Philadelphia Housing Authority
• Technology Council of Northwest
• UPMC
• WIlco Electronic Systems
• Wireless Neighborhoods
• Zita Media Communications II, LLC (Northern)

(They also listed 12 that made their supported ranking, which I won’t list.)

South Carolina

• SC State Museum Distance Learning Initiative( SC State Museum Foundation)
• SC Telemedicine & e-Health Program(SC Department of Corrections)
• Connect SC (Connected Nation)
• Smart State SC Project (SC State Library)
• SC eFinancial Education Network (SC Department of Consumer Affairs)
• SC Reach for Success – PCC (State Board of Technical & Comprehensive Education)
• Next Generation Broadband (FTC Diversified Services)
• Western SC Remote Rural Economic Development Initative (Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative Inc)
• Community Connect Wireless Broadband Public/Private Partnership for Rural Upstate SC (Community Connect Inc)
• SKYMAX Broadband Public Safety Satellite Network (Knight Sky Consulting & Associates)
• Capital Community Broadband Services Infrastructure Project (City of Columbia)
• Cherokee County SC Lake Mile Broadband (Nu Vu Communications)

Texas

Last Mile

• City of Corpus Christi, Grant Number 3097
• CYTEC Software Systems, Inc., Grant Number 2812
• Ellis County Texas Internet Service Provider, Inc., Grant Number 1121
• Floresville Electric Light and Power System, Grant Number 3027
• Galaxie Communications Services, L.L.C., Grant Number 1797
• IGN-LPG Enterprises LLC, Grant Number 1604
• Internet America, Inc., Grant Number 2097
• Leaco Rural Telephone Cooperative Inc., Grant Number 1314
• N-1 Communications, LLC, Grant Number 2309
• Spacenet Inc, Grant Number 704
• The University of Texas at Austin, Grant Number 890
• Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc., Grant Number 1801
• Voice Runner, Inc., Grant Number 2718
• Worldcall Interconnect, Inc, Grant Number 1940
• Worldcall Interconnect, Inc, Grant Number 1966
• Worldcall Interconnect, Inc, Grant Number 1981
• Yonder Media, Inc., Grant Number 3679
• Yonder Media, Inc., Grant Number 3236
• Yonder Media, Inc., Grant Number 2869

Middle Mile

• ART Leasing, Inc. dba FiberTower Broadband Corp., Grant Number 2626
• Brazos Valley Council of Governments, Grant Number 3347
• City of Corpus Christi, Grant Number 1305
• City of Houston, Grant Number 2864
• City of McAllen, Grant Number 3064
• City of San Antonio, Grant Number 1160
• Government and Educational Broadband Services, Inc., Grant Number 3249
• Government and Educational Broadband Services, Inc., Grant Number 3816
• Level 3 EON, LLC, Grant Number 1973
• TSBL, Grant Number 1780
• TSBL, Grant Number 3034
• The University of Texas at Austin, Grant Number 1843
• Trillion Partners, Grant Number 1091

Multi-State

• ERF Wireless, Inc., Grant Number 1286
• Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Grant Number 2790

Public Computer Center

• Bedford Public Library, City of Bedford, Texas, Grant Number 2439
• CHRISTUS Health, Grant Number 3179
• City of Alice, Texas, Grant Number 3348
• City of Arlington – Library, Grant Number 1580
• City of Brownsville/Brownsville Public Library System, Grant Number 3163
• City of Dickinson, Grant Number 3355
• City of Grapevine, Grant Number 2737
• City of Houston, Grant Number 2691
• City of Lancaster, Grant Number 1785
• City of San Antonio, Grant Number 2107
• Corsicana Public Library (City of Corsicana), Grant Number 3709
• County of Webb, Grant Number 1750
• Deaf Action Center of Louisiana, Grant Number 1523
• Family Service Association of San Antonio, Inc., Grant Number 1867
• Hall-Voyer Foundation, Grant Number 2890
• Harris County (public library), Grant Number 3866
• Houston Housing Authority, Grant Number 518
• Mounting Horizons, Inc., Grant Number 1913

Vermont

• Vermont Telephone for Infrastructure category
• FairPoint Communications in the Infrastructure category
• Vermont Council on Rural Development in the Sustainable Broadband Adoption category
• Vermont Department of Libraries in the Public Computing Centers

Virginia

They chose their favorite 66 applications – but I didn’t have access to the spreadsheet

Washington

• Northwest Open Access Network
• Public Utility District of Pend Oreille County
• Snohomish County
• Tincan
• Tri County Economic Development District
• Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
• Grays Harbor Public Development Authority
• Mason County Public Utility District No 3
• Tacoma Housing Authority