About

What We Do
Welcome to StimulatingBroadband.com.


We cover the intersection between governmental action and the growth of broadband in the U.S., writ large.  


We launched in March 2009 just as federal agencies began to implement the "broadband stimulus" provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). By the hectic months of that Summer, we built a reputation as the go to site for information on the policies, progress, and politics of that $7.2 billion federal program.


We take a strategic view of the evolving business and regulatory frameworks which will define broadband long after the stimulus package funds are expended. 

Our editor and contributors are working professionals in the U.S. telecom sector with decades of experience in industry and government.  We haven't always been right in our analysis or our predictions during our first year of publication.We have however been far more right than wrong about both the strategic direction and drill down details of the effort.

We aren't here to take gratuitous shots at governmental officials or industry players trying to do the right thing for an important piece of the American economy in a very challenging time. Neither however are we here to pull a punch.  We take no joy in the reporting we have done, on instances of mismanagement at federal agencies, in governors' offices, or at service providers. As continuing supporters of the programs at all levels of government which seek to support broadband deployment with public funds where necessary, we think a concomitant critical examination of where and why programs fail is essential for the success of new funding initiatives.  We think our industry deserves no less.


We don't have any hidden agendas, nor do we work for any particular faction of the industry or an Astroturf organization representing a faction.  We hang out with investors, service providers, deal makers, and network equipment manufacturers.  All of these folks actually build and operate real networks, as we have ourselves. 


We see an emerging new era of broadband business models, public sector subsidies, and regulatory frameworks coming out of the broadband stimulus and the National Broadband Plan. 

The promise of this new broadband future for America will be seen in a robust set of applications, from public safety communications, to smart grids, to telemedicine, and beyond.  
We get truly excited about the new companies and technologies that the American economy is developing today to enable this broadband future.


Who We Are

Edited by Peter Pratt, StimulatingBroadband.com hosts analysts, commentators, practitioners, and reporters with deep experience in the larger information technology (IT) sector, in rural telecom, federal grantsmanship, and regulatory policy. Mr. Pratt is a 30 year veteran of the telecom industry. Much of his career has focused on the government relations and regulatory strategy side of the sector, as an outgrowth to his background in the highly genteel world of Democratic politics in Massachusetts.

Where
StimulatingBroadband.com is published from Boston and San Francisco, two great hubs of the U.S. tech sector.  All postings are in Eastern Time, U.S.  

Contact
Email: admin@stimulatingbroadband.com
Tel.:    + 415-513-1272 
Copyright and Legal

StimulatingBroadband.com is an electronic publishing property of PrattNetworks LLC, an advisory firm covering the telecom sector.   


We take copyright violations very seriously.  Our attorneys in New York get very very angry when people try to republish our stuff without giving us credit, as required by our Creative Commons License (attribution required).  


Certain content is marked as expressly requiring prior permission for any excepting or reproduction. Permission requests may be sent to: admin@stimulatingbroadband.com


When people try to steal our paid content, our lawyers get even more angry.  Don't do it.  We hate to see our lawyers angry.  We, and they, have better things to do. 

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 Portal for the New American Broadband Economy