Connect Ohio program opens 'whole new world' to Marion couple

MARION - They're a two-computer couple now.

Roseanna Wenig and her husband, Ralph, won't have to share computer time anymore.

The Marion woman won a Dell laptop computer, valued at $399, following her participation in the Every Citizen Online program, a free statewide basic computer and Internet training program.

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Ohio broadband projects receive federal funding

From Farm & Dairy:

COLUMBUS — Three Ohio broadband projects by Connect Ohio, OneCommunity and Horizon Telecom will receive funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

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Ohio Broadband Projects Get Funds

From The Vindicator:

Three Ohio broadband projects have received more than $118 million in federal stimulus funds, Vice President Joe Biden has announced. The projects will extend broadband access and are projected to create more than 430 jobs.

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Grants to help widen Ohio broadband access

By Jonathan Riskind/The Columbus Dispatch

WASHINGTON -- Appalachian Ohio and other areas in the state lacking access to high-speed broadband Internet access are in line for a $118 million federal building boost.

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Stimulus money to beef up broadband in Ohio

From Business First of Columbus:

Officials in Washington, D.C., say more than 400 Ohio jobs could be created through a $118 million round of federal stimulus funding headed to the state to expand broadband access.

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Ohio gets $118 million in federal stimulus money to expand broadband access

by Olivera Perkins/The Cleveland Plain Dealer and Cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- More than $118 million in federal stimulus money is headed to Ohio to expand broadband access and to build a fiberoptic network that might entice 21st century businesses.

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Beyond installation: Community planning for rural broadband

From the American Farm Bureau Federation's FB News:

By Sabrina Matteson

Broadband Internet access unlocks doors that might otherwise be closed for job opportunities, telecommuting, education, entertainment, commerce, government services, communications, medicine and health, and social and community networking.

Connect Ohio, a subsidiary of the national non-profit Connected Nation, had an eCommunity Strategies (eCS) meeting in Urbana, Ohio, in early June to showcase its grassroots approach to deploying broadband in rural areas. Community leaders from agriculture, business and industry, government, community-based organizations, recreation and tourism, health care and education gathered to create a comprehensive picture of the community in terms of broad and deployment.

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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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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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