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recommended by the governor’s office, though this doesn't preclude it from actually receiving a stimulus grant.
Shoemaker said PBB’s signals now cover 80 to 90 percent of the county, though the system’s line-of-sight requirements still make it difficult to reach areas closed in by terrain or thick woods, such as in hollows and in the shadows of certain mountains.
PBB’s service costs $79.99 a month; VABB’s monthly service costs between $45 and $100, depending on volume.
Commerce Department Assistant Secretary Lawrence E. Strickling, who heads the NTLA, told Congress last week that the NTLA’s plans to begin making broadband grant and loan awards this month would probably be delayed until midDecember because of the high number of requests received for the $7.2 billion that is available nationwide for broadband initiatives.
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