Q: What funding levels are contained in the 2009 Stimulus Package relating to broadband development?

A: $7.2 billion for Broadband Development:

• $4.7 billion for NTIA Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (TOP)
  • $3.9 billion = infrastructure
  • $350 million = State Broadband Data & Development Grant Program (P.L. 110-385) and national broadband inventory map
  • $250 million = creation of sustainable adoption
  • $200 million = strengthening public computing center capacity
• $2.5 billion for USDA RUS Distance Learning, Tele-medicine and Broadband Grant Program

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