| Editor's note: We will be changing how we send out Network World newsletters over the next few weeks. To ensure future delivery of your newsletters, please add nww_newsletters@newsletters.networkworld.com to your e-mail address book or 66.186.127.216 to your white-list file. Thank you. Stimulus bill aims for 'national broadband plan' The U.S. economic stimulus package is law - all $787 billion of it - and of that, $7.2 billion has been set aside for improvements to the nation's broadband infrastructure. Let's take a closer look at what that means. Readers weigh in on broadband stimulus A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the broadband portions of the recently passed U.S. economic stimulus bill, and it stirred a good deal of reaction from readers, who acknowledged the problems the bill is trying to ... Broadband stimulus funding timeline set by government Members from several government agencies delivered on Tuesday a basic timeline for funding broadband stimulus projects, with the goal of getting all broadband stimulus money out the door by October 2010. How Will the $7.2B Allotted for Broadband Stimulus Be Spent? In the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, recently enacted by Congress, many details regarding the allocation of funds for high-tech projects remain blurry. Nevertheless, the nation's tech community appears to be encouraged by the US$7.2 billion provision for broadband in the near $789 billion economic stimulus package signed into law by President Barack Obama earlier this week. Many observers believe that the allocation is a clear first step toward establishing a nationwide broadband strategy. Groups push for broadband stimulus The U.S. Congress should keep money for broadband deployment in a huge economic stimulus package, despite some calls to trim it out of the bill, representatives of three groups said Friday. 100% trade-in credit for Nortel products Cisco Subnet blogger Brad Reese takes note of Enterasys' offer to Nortel customers: 100% trade-in credit for Nortel products. CCNP Lab Build – Product choices Wendell Odom explains why he'd consider one router or switch over another with the goal of building a CCNP lab. What would you buy with $750 to spend on gear, and a $50 cable budget. April giveaways galore
Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training courses from Global Knowledge, valued at $2,995 and $3,495, and have copies of three hot books up for grabs: CCVP CIPT2 Quick Reference by Anthony Sequeira, Microsoft Voice Unified Communications by Joe Schurman and Microsoft Office 2007 On Demand by Steve Johnson. Deadline for entries April 30. Network World on Twitter Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news. | 
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