Here is a list of Broadband Initiatives Program grants from USDA, the folks with oversight of the rural grants: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/Reports/RBB_report_v

Here is a list of Broadband Initiatives Program grants from USDA, the folks with oversight of the rural grants: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/Reports/RBB_report_v16.pdf http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/Reports/RBB_report_v16.pdf Here's one of the groups that is now building out middle-mile optical, as well as two FTTH projects: http://www.newhampshirefastroads.net/ http://www.newhampshirefastroads.net/ Now you could certainly seek to make your case for where the country's spending priorities might be improved. You'd not be the first to seek that, of course.