Friday, September 17, 2010
Citynet President Files Complaint
WEST VIRGINIA....
Jim Martin, president of telecommunications company Citynet, has filed a complaint with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, saying federal grant money for the building of broadband infrastructure will not be spent the way it should in the state. Martin says $40 million of the $126 million grant was meant to build fiber infrastructure, and he says Internet service providers from around the state were supposed to have a say in the project, but don't.
Jim Martin, president of telecommunications company Citynet, has filed a complaint with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, saying federal grant money for the building of broadband infrastructure will not be spent the way it should in the state. Martin says $40 million of the $126 million grant was meant to build fiber infrastructure, and he says Internet service providers from around the state were supposed to have a say in the project, but don't.