Bank Street Comment Document - April 13, 2009x

The Bank Street Group LLC Tel: (203) 252-2800 One Canterbury Green Fax: (203) 252-2810 th201 Broad Street, 4 Floor www.bankstreet.com Stamford, CT 06901 April 13, 2009 Secretary Tom Vilsack U. S. Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, DC 20025 Secretary Gary Locke U.S. Department of Commerce 1401 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC 20230 Re: NTIA and RUS Request for Comment, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Broadband Initiatives Dear Secretary Vilsack and Secretary Locke: The Bank Street Group LLC(“Bank Street”) is a leading independent investment banking firm with offices in Stamford, Connecticut and Austin, Texas. We provide a comprehensive array of financial advisory services to middle-market growth companies, including Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Placements of Debt & Equity, Restructuring & Turnaround Advisory, Valuation and Fairness Opinions. The telecommunications industry is a core practice area for our firm in which our senior professionals have originated, structured and executed more than $250 billion of financial and strategic transactions over the past 20 years. Our team has been at the forefront of transactions that have driven the growth and development of robust competition, and the advent of new technologies and services, including the widespread deployment of broadband infrastructure by facilities-based carriers. We are writing to comment on the ...