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N.C. group among 'Net grant-seekers
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Published: October 12, 2009
WASHINGTON
The government soon will be handing out the first $4 billion of stimulus funds intended to make high-speed Internet connections more available.
The challenge is that the government has received $28 billion in requests. So reviewers at the Commerce and Agriculture Departments must make hard choices.
In one case, the nonprofit Mountain Area Information Network, wants help expanding its service, started back in dial-up days so people in the N.C, mountains wouldn't have to make long-distance calls to get online.
MAIN is asking for $2.5 million to extend its wireless network in Asheville and several remote mountain communities. A sister group wants $38.8 million to install fiber lines that would connect that network to the Internet.
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