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TOP 15 LISTS OF ROUND 1 ARRA FUNDING APPLICANTS

Top 15 by Number of Applications

DigitalBridge Communications tops the list with 159 applications for over a quarter billion in grants/loans. 158 applications cover 9 states with 69 in Tennessee and 33 in Mississippi. Other states are Idaho (8), Indiana (8), Missouri (1), Montana (19), Nebraska (3), Pennsylvania (1), and Virginia (16). The final application is called "The Rebate PC Bundle Project" for which they are asking $5.3 million.

Flow Mobile, out of Bismark, ND, is promising a "4G like" network to provide broadband in 10 states. Iowa (52), Oklahoma (18), Montanta (11), Nebraska (9), Wyoming (8), Arizona (5), South Dakota (4), New Mexico (4), and North Dakota (2). Interestingly the applications range in request amounts from $96,000 to $727,000 with the last request in North Dakota coming in at $29 million.

Top 15 by Amount Requested

RADGOV leads the pack with close to $1.3 billion requested for 2 projects with a very aggressive plan for bringing Public Computer Center and Sustainable Broadband Adoption to most of the 50 states.

The next three are satellite providers and GlenMartin, a manufacturer of vertical support structures, rounds out the Top 5 with 24 applications and $412 million requested.

DigitalBridge shows up again at number 14.

Top 15 States by Number of Applications

DigitalBridge catapults Virginia to the top of the list of states by applications. Taking out DigitalBridge's 159 applications and Virginia still has a respectable 63 applications.

North Dakota comes in at number three, but the number is skewed by Flow Mobiles 113 applications submitted out of Bismark.

Please note: This is a list of states based on the location of the applicant, not the location of the project. A list of states by project location looks much different.

Top 15 States by Amount Requested

Same cast of characters as the Top 15 by applications just in a different order.