[Satellite TODAY 08-27-09] WildBlue Communications has applied for $30 million of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) money in the bill’s first funding window, which closed Aug. 14, the company announced.
    WildBlue said the funding would help subsidize satellite broadband connections for about 10,000 homes in Colorado and Wyoming and another 10,000 in Arizona that are out of reach of high-speed cable, fiber and DSL lines. About $15 million of that sum would go toward the Colorado/Wyoming effort, with the rest earmarked for the Arizona project, the company said.
    WildBlue’s proposal is centered on the launch of the WildBlue 3 satellite, which is estimated to cost about $300 million and take three years between development and activation.

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