FCC grants

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Hi,
The FCC has agrant program that some may be interested in.
David

http://www.fcc.gov/indians/grants.html

Grants
Local Dial-Up Internet Grant Program
Rural Utilities Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture

The Local Dial-Up Internet Grant Program is designed to provide financing to
furnish, in rural areas, local dial-up Internet access where it does not
currently exist. Grant funds may be utilized for the acquisition,
construction, and installation of equipment, facilities and systems. Grants
will be awarded, on a competitive basis, to entities serving communities of up
to 20,000 inhabitants to ensure rural consumers enjoy the same quality and
range of telecommunications service as are available in urban and suburban
communities. The maximum size of a grant application for fiscal year 2001 is
$400,000 and the minimum size of an application is $10,000. Grant applications
must be postmarked by November 13, 2001. For more information visit the Rural
Utilities Services New Initiatives web site or contact Roberta D. Purcell,
Assistant administrator, Telecommunications Program, Rural Utilities Service,
1400 Independence Ave., SW, Stop 1590, Washington, DC 20250-1590, or call her
at (202) 720-9554.

David Lewis
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Department Of Anthropology
University of Oregon