Broadband cash for Chicago
Broadband funding in the stimulus bill was largely billed as for rural areas without internet access. However, Chicago will also get some of that federal money, the Associated Press reports. Two Chicago groups will get a combined $16 million in stimulus money for broadband, with the Dept. of Commerce providing $7 million to the Smart Chicago Broadband Adoption Program and $9 million to the Smart Chicago Public Computer Centers project. The public computer centers project will (more…)