NTIA Updates $4 Billion Broadband Stimulus Program Results

The Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) is winding towards a close, according to the latest quarterly update from National Telecommunications & Information Administration, which highlights broadband stimulus program results. The report dated October 2015 but only released publicly during the week of Feb 1, provides a summary of what the BTOP program had accomplished as of June 2015. In 2009 and 2010, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which administered the BTOP program, awarded approximately $4 billion to 233 BTOP projects. Those projects focused on four areas:
$3.5 billion to 123 infrastructure projects (primarily middle-mile)
$251 million to 44 sustainable broadband adoption (SBA) programs
$201 million to 66 public computing center (PCC) projects
The NTIA also was responsible for awarding $293 million to 56 state broadband initiative (SBI) projects, which were focused on collecting information for the National Broadband Map.