The Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) for the 1st round of the Broadband Stimulus Act, which contains a total of $7.2 billion in funding, was published on July 9, 2009 with a 1st round application submission deadline of August 20, 2009.
Sponsored by IP Pay, the WiNOG Grants Cooperative, Rini Coran PC, and Wilkinson, Barker, Knauer LLP were collectively involved in writing, submitting and advising over $250 million in requested Round 1 application funds. Principles from each respective organization will be collaborating in a 4 session tract to detail and discuss "in-the-field" experiences from the Round 1 Stimulus Application Process in a 1-day Stimulus Workshop exclusively for IT Expo attendees on Tuesday September 1
This interactive workshop will be invaluable for Service Providers and other parties interested in applying for Round 2 or 3 of the Broadband Stimulus as real-world experience, tricks, tips, and know-how gleaned from the Round 1 application process will be discussed and shared.
Tuesday, September 1st:
* Broadband Stimulus Workshop presented by the WiNOG Grants Coalition
* An overview of the Broadband Stimulus Program
* Competitive Update: Broadband Strategy for Rural ILECs and MSOs
* The Nuts and Bolts of Assembling a Broadband Stimulus application
* Lessons Learned from Winning a Broadband Stimulus Grant/Loan
Wednesday, September 2nd:
* ISP Evolution - new business models based upon the world of the UNE-L, Central
Office and Remote Terminal
* WISP 2.0 - the future evolution of the WISP
* Enhancing the independent service provider`s offering
* FTTx: underlying technologies and strategies
Thursday, September 3rd:
* Successful Residential Sales & Marketing Strategies
* Successful business to business sales strategies
* FCC Regulatory update - and its impact on business
* FCC Spectrum Policy updates
Admission to the WiNOG@ITEXPO conference sessions is included in any paid ITEXPO
conference plan. Registration for the WiNOG Conference at ITEXPO, or any of the
other ITEXPO events is now open at www.itexpo.com.
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1 comments:
Thanks Suzanne. Looks like another good reason to get a conference pass to itexpo. I heard Charles Wu is on this session there?
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