Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (D) on Tuesday designed the Massachusetts Broadband Institute as the "eligible entity" for receiving broadband data funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. In addition to the institute, a non-profit entity, serving as the entity responsible for receiving broadband data funding from the federal government, the officials said that the institute would be responsible for "aggregating the commonwealth's applications to the NTIA to "ensure a balance portfolio of the state's needs reaches the NTIA." In an interactive survey, Massachusetts residents and businesses are asked to provide information about the speed, price, availability of the broadband that they receive at their location. In addition, residents are invited to comment on their service.
