Perusing BTOP Apps: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

Looking at Broadband Technology Opportunities Program applications, Daily finds they fit in three categories:

1) The Good: there's a wealth of innovative models represented in these applications, many projects employing fiber, and a number of public networks.

2) The Bad: In both the public computing center and adoption sections, Daily thinks there's too much of an emphasis on buying computers and a bunch of the public computing center applications do nothing more than upgrade the machines at existing computing centers.

3) The Ugly: the audacious amount of money requested for satellite "broadband" as well as broadband over powerlines.