Ohio’s Intelliwave Receives Federal Broadband Stimulus Funding « WISPA

Athens, Ohio: Thanks to a federal broadband stimulus award announced today, 11,232 households currently unserved or underserved by broadband, in Athens, Pickaway and Fairfield counties, will soon have broadband Internet available. Intelliwave, an Athens Ohio wireless Internet service provider (WISP) received word today from the USDA that they are the recipients of an award totaling $1,116,997 in grant funds and$1,162,599 in loan funds. These funds will be used over the next 36 months to build cutting edge wireless “last mile” Internet infrastructure to residents and businesses of the included counties.

Tom Fritz, executive director of Connect Ohio weighs in as well. “Connect Ohio applauds the award of this funding that will help more than 11,000 unserved households in these three Ohio counties be able to take advantage of all the benefits that high-speed Internet provides,” said Tom Fritz, executive director of Connect Ohio, a nonprofit, technology-neutral, public-private partnership that works with telecommunications providers, business and community leaders, information technology companies, researchers, public agencies, libraries and universities in an effort to help extend affordable high-speed Internet service to every Ohio household...