Web-based map pinpoints your Internet service

Ohio Farmer

Connect Ohio, a nonprofit broadband research and advocacy firm, recently completed mapping for the local community, depicting the broadband service available, and allowing consumers to quickly identify broadband service providers for their home or business address.

The initial phase of data collection for the State Broadband Data and Development Program was completed and submitted to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration on May 31. Information on cable, DSL, fiber, fixed wireless, and mobile wireless was provided by companies that offer broadband service, and has been compiled into a state map, allowing consumers to easily find broadband providers that offer service at their home address.

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Ohio group asks for consumer input on broadband availability

Fierce TelCom
Connect Ohio, is using a $1.8 million federal stimulus grant to ask consumers where and how much broadband connectivity they have. The organization plans to use the information to map out the state as part of a larger national broadband map being compiled by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

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Connect Ohio trying to get broadband to all

Urbana Daily Citizen

Connect Ohio, a nonprofit broadband research and advocacy firm, has completed mapping that shows where broadband service s available and allowing consumers to identify broadband service providers for their home and business addresses, according to a news release.

The initial phase of data collection for the State Broadband Data and Development Program was submitted to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration on May 31. Information on cable, DSL, fiber, fixed wireless and mobile wireless was provided by companies that offer broadband service.

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Connect Ohio seeks community assistance with service maps

Logan Daily News

Connect Ohio, a nonprofit broadband research and advocacy firm, recently completed mapping for the local community, depicting the broadband service available, and allowing consumers to quickly identify broadband service providers for their home or business address.

The initial phase of data collection for the State Broadband Data and Development Program was completed and submitted to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on May 31. Information on cable, DSL, fiber, fixed wireless, and mobile wireless was provided by companies that offer broadband service, and has been compiled into a state map, allowing consumers to easily find broadband providers that offer service at their home address.

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Frontier takes over Verizon's internet

Brown County News-Democrat

A deal between two large providers of communications services could translate into expanded availability and faster access to the internet for customers in Brown County and surrounding communities.

A transaction was completed earlier this month transferring Verizon Communications' "local wireline operations" in 14 states, including Ohio, to Frontier Communications. The predominately rural areas of the Buckeye state such as Brown County may see significant changes to all sorts of communications offerings, from voice services to satellite video access, and Internet service in particular.

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Connect Ohio wants your help in mapping broadband availability

Plain Dealer

Consumers are being asked to contribute to a federally-backed initiative to map broadband availability in the state.

Connect Ohio, a non-profit broadband research firm in Columbus, has created an interactive online map that shows where broadband providers, such as Time Warner Cable and AT&T, say they offer service. Now the firm is asking Ohioans to verify the information and provide insight into the quality of service they've experienced to help improve the accuracy of their information.

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Ohioans turned on to broadband

ohiofarmer.com

More Ohioans own a computer and subscribe to broadband service than last year, according to Connect Ohio's 2010 statewide Residential Technology Assessment released recently.

Connect Ohio presented the figures during its Technology Association quarterly update meeting at the Riffe Center in Columbus.

With two-thirds of Ohio residents subscribing to broadband, Ohio ranks higher than the national average of 60 % of adults who have high-speed Internet service in their home.

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Broadband service to reach more residents

Van Wert Times Bulletin

With President Barack Obama announcing stimulus funding for 66 new projects across the nation on Friday intended to make broadband access to the Internet more prevalent, this area stands to benefit through a $30 million award to Com Net, Inc., based in Wapakoneta.

Com Net's GigE Plus project will add almost 700 new miles of fiber to its high capacity network. That will help expand broadband service to GigE Plus Availability Coalition partners in 28 counties in western Ohio, including those using bright.net services.

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Federal grant to expand broadband access

(Washington Court House) Record Herald

A $30 million grant that will expand broadband Internet access to 28 counties in western Ohio, including Fayette County, was announced Friday as part of President Obama's Recovery Act.

ComNet, Inc., a broadband company based in Wapakoneta, is expected to use the grant money to add nearly 700 miles of fiber optic cable construction. The project is designed to help address the digital divide for 28 counties in western Ohio by providing access to affordable rates to more than 30,000 households in the region. The initiative is estimated to create over 300 jobs.

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