Michigan receives $1.8 million grant to map broadband service

By Kayla Habermehl/The Bay City Times

Michigan received a $1.8 million grant to created a map of existing broadband internet service and to gather information, the Michigan Public Service Commission announced.

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Stark County District Library Foundation donates funds for two projects

From the CantonRep.com

The Stark County District Library Foundation board has donated $6,000 to the Stark County District Library to fund two projects.

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Minn. gets $1.7 million for broadband initiatives

By The Associated Press (St. Paul Bureau)

ST. PAUL, Minn.--Minnesota is getting $1.7 million from the federal stimulus to map broadband Internet access and plan for service improvements.

Michigan receives $1.8 million stimulus grant for 'Connect Michigan' broadband program

By The Associated Press via Mlive.com

LANSING, Mich. -- The Michigan Public Service Commission says the state has received a $1.8 million federal stimulus grant to start a broadband mapping and planning program called Connect Michigan.

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Connect Ohio preparing for second round of stimulus money

By Ginger Christ/Ashland Times-Gazette

Connect Ohio plans to re-apply for federal stimulus funds in the coming months.

Connect Ohio, a nonprofit organization that strives to improve technology use across the state and to promote broadband implementation in Ashland County, initially applied for funding during the first round of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's broadband grant and loan program.

For more information on Connect Ohio, visit http://www.connectohio.org/.

Ohio receives $1.8 million grant to map high-speed Internet

By Shaheen Samavati/Cleveland Plain Dealer

Ohio has been awarded $1.8 million in federal stimulus funding to help identify areas of the state lacking high-speed Internet service, and to create strategies to fill the gaps.

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State gets $1.8 million federal grant for broadband service plan

by Amy Lane/Crain's Detroit Business

Michigan has received a $1.8 million federal grant to launch an initiative to map and plan broadband service.

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SC gets $1.7 Million Telecommunications grant

From WMBF-TV:

COLUMBIA, SC - South Carolina received a match grant of approximately $1.7 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to support a comprehensive broadband mapping and planning initiative through the Connect South Carolina program.

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Minnesota gets $1.5M in stimulus cash for broadband mapping

by Chris Newmarker/Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal

The federal government will spend $1.5 million in economic stimulus cash to map out access to broadband services in Minnesota, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration said Tuesday.

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Coming soon: more broadband for rural America

The Legal Ruralism

Vice President Joe Biden was just in Dawsonville, GA, a small rural town (pop. 619), to announce eighteen projects that will receive $183 million in federal funding (collectively) to bring high speed Internet service to rural places. Biden spoke at Impulse Manufacturing, a metalworks plant in north Georgia whose business has been stunted by the lack of a broadband network in that part of the state.

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Connected Nation launches mapping tool

By Kim Hart/The Hill's Hillicon Valley

Connected Nation introduced a new tool that makes its broaband maps interactive, designed to make it easier for policy makers to chart a course for broadband expansion projects.

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Biden to unveil broadband expansion projects to boost jobs

by Patrik Jonsson/Christian Science Monitor

In the late 1920s, the Republicans crowed about how their policies had put a “chicken in every pot.”

The White House this week is dispatching Vice President Biden to southern Appalachia – the historic backdrop for economic hardship – to update that slogan to “a broadband connection in every home.”

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State Awarded $2 Million Grant

by Matthew Clark/Pittsburg Morning-Sun

PITTSBURG — It has been compared to the rural electrification from the early 1900s and state officials feel that its impact will be just as significant.

This week, Kansas was awarded $2 million in a federal grant as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which is part of a larger, $7 billion that have been set aside to invest in infrastructure of rural broadband Internet.

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Editorial: Using Technology

By The Capital-Journal Editorial Board/Topeka Capital Journal

Those of us who have become spoiled by ready access to the Internet and all that it offers, in the work place and home, generally assume that the marvels at our fingertips are available to everyone, until we are reminded that it just isn't so.

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Q&A with Brian Meffford, CEO, Connected Nation

From Wireless Government Report:

This Q&A is part of a series of about a ½ dozen interview held with organizations that are collaborating with Intel in securing Broadband Stimulus Sustainable Broadband Adoption program funding for a National PC/Broadband Bundle initiative to deliver deeply discounted PCs and broadband service to underserved and un-served populations and communities.

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State to map its broadband access

By John Milburn/Associated Press via the Wichita Eagle

TOPEKA — Kansas will use a new federal grant to identify gaps in access to broadband services and build the infrastructure for economic recovery, the lieutenant governor said Monday.

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Kansas receives $2 million in federal stimulus funds to expand access to Internet in rural areas

By Scott Rothschild/Lawrence Journal-World

Topeka — Kansas has received a $2 million federal grant that officials say will help provide access to high-speed Internet service throughout the state.

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State to map coverage gaps with aim of expanding broadband access in rural Kansas

By The Associated Press/WDAV-TV

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials say they will soon begin mapping the state to determine where there are gaps in access to broadband services.

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Kansas gets $2M for broadband initiative

by Daniel McCoy/Wichita Business Journal

Kansas has received a $2 million federal grant to help map the state’s existing broadband network. It’s an important step, officials say, in bringing broadband Internet service to rural areas throughout the state.

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Stimulus funds to boost Kan. broadband

By Scott Rothschild/KTKA-TV

Topeka — Kansas has received a $2 million federal grant that officials said Monday will help provide access to high-speed Internet service throughout the state. Lt. Gov. Troy Findley said the grant will help the state’s economic recovery, especially in rural areas.

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Kansas gets $2M from stimulus to expand rural broadband

From the Kansas City Business Journal:

Kansas has been awarded a $2 million federal grant to spread high-speed Internet access throughout rural Kansas. The grant for the new Connect Kansas program comes from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and will pay to map out the state’s current broadband infrastructure, the Kansas Department of Commerce said in a Monday release. That information would help in planning, aiding businesses, consumers and policymakers involved with Connect Kansas.

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Kansas receives $2 million grant for rural broadband program

From the KansasCity.com

Kansas government officials this morning will unveil details of a $2 million federal grant for the Connect Kansas rural broadband program.

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Kansas to use stimulus funds to boost broadband

By John Milburn/The Associated Press via the Washington Post

TOPEKA, Kan. -- Kansas will use a new federal grant to identify gaps in access to broadband services and build the infrastructure for economic recovery, the lieutenant governor said Monday.

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Connected Nation, Kansas FB help rural residents connect

December 7, 2009

Farm Bureau News

“What we do on the Internet is very limited because of the time it takes to download on dial-up. It’s not unusual at all for farm families trying to do business online to load up their work at bedtime and hope for the best by the time they get up in the morning.” • Brenda Dooley, Jewell County, Kansas

Many rural Americans like Brenda are struggling to participate in the new global economy but are being left behind in the digital revolution.

Fortunately, Kansas Farm Bureau and Connected Nation have applied for $9 million in federal stimulus funds to overcome the barriers to broadband adoption and promote broadband use across the state of Kansas. The goal is for all Kansas citizens to have access to broadband at an affordable rate so they can access this technology to improve their personal and professional lives.

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Kansas Receives Internet Grant

From the Topeka Capital Journal:

Kansas has been awarded a $2 million matching grant by the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration to fund broadband mapping and planning through the Connect Kansas initiative

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