EAGLE-Net will answer questions from a letter by Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo. (http://1.usa.gov/rnHuNXpT), to NTIA Administrator Lawrence Strickling on the company choosing Affiniti to operate andrnexpand its network, said Chip White, EAGLE-Net vice president-business development. Gardner said thernrecent agreement between EAGLE-Net and Affiniti could continue or enhance the current problems experiencedrnby EAGLE-Net. Affiniti was formed in a merger between Trillion Partners and Sting Communications,rnsaid Gardner. Trillion Partners has been investigated for “numerous violations of the law, includingrnanti-trust violations and E-rate program rule violations,” said Gardner. He asked NTIA to lookrninto how Affiniti was formed, how it plans to work with providers that have been overbuilt by fiber, thernfiscal sustainability of Affiniti and detailed plans of where Affiniti plans to build to unserved and underservedrnin Colorado. Gardner said it's his responsibility as a “steward of taxpayer dollar[s]” to make surernthat the $100.6 million invested in EAGLE-Net does not “fall into the hands of a company that is financiallyrnunsound or unwilling to work with the incumbent providers.” An agency spokesman said “NTIArnhas received Congressman Gardner’s letter and will respond accordingly.” — SF
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