Rebuilding Computers for Others Without One

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GREENUP COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) -- Providing technology to elementary school children while teaching high school students how to build computers -- it's a program that's making that possible...“I’m so grateful to ConnectKentucky, AT&T and Lexmark for their generosity,” said Tanya Pullin, D-South Shore....

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Federal broadband money announced for rural Kentucky

by Wesley Robinson/Louisville Courier-Journal

The federal government has announced more than $160 million worth of stimulus projects to add broadband infrastructure and create jobs in Kentucky.

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Ky. gets funds for high-speed access to Web

By Jenna Mink/The Daily News (Bowling Green, KY)

Connected Nation targets communities that lack efficient service and works to get better access

These days, Teresa Perkins gets calls from people as far away as Florida, who want to purchase something from her Franklin gift shop - thanks to the World Wide Web.

Kentucky recently received $2.1 million in federal stimulus funds to help bring high-speed Internet to more people. The money will be used to collect data on areas that lack broadband Internet and help improve those services. Those efforts could, in turn, impact local economies and the livelihood of residents, experts say.

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Kentucky broadband effort a national model

by Tom Eblen/The Lexington Herald-Leader

A century ago, farm-to-market roads were the new infrastructure Kentucky needed to move its economy forward. A half-century ago, it was interstates and parkways.

Now, it’s the information superhighway.

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