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Plan needed if Logan to obtain broadband

March 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Other locations already approved for pilot program

By LESLIE GRAY and ROCHELLE HAWK
The Logan Daily News
LOGAN – Hocking County Commissioners are discussing the possibility of the Hocking County Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) regulating broadband if Logan is chosen as part of Ohio Broadband Council pilot program, but something needs to be decided or this region could [...]

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Connecting Appalachia Broadband Taskforce

September 20th, 2007 · No Comments

The Appalachian Ohio Broadband Task Force consists of the following people:
– Stan Ahalt, executive director of the Ohio Supercomputer Center
– Fred Deel, director of the Governor’s Office of Appalachia
– Randy Hunt, state director for Ohio, Rural Development, United States Department of Agriculture
– Chris Chapman, Ohio Office of [...]

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DOJ: No Need for Network Neutrality Laws

September 7th, 2007 · No Comments

By Roy Mark for eWeek
The Department of Justice gave Congress another reason to avoid a vote on network neutrality. In a Sept. 6 filing with the Federal Communications Commission, the DOJ said lawmakers should not rush into “premature regulation” of the Internet.
Proponents of network regulation for the last two years have sought to pass regulations [...]

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Ohio Broadband Council

September 6th, 2007 · No Comments

Governor Establishes Broadband Ohio Network to Help Expand High Speed Internet Access to All Ohioans
Contact:
Amanda Wurst
614-644-0957/614-832-7512
Amanda.Wurst@governor.ohio.gov
Columbus, Ohio – Friday, July 27, 2007 – In order to coordinate and expand access to the state’s broadband data network, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland has signed an executive order establishing the Ohio Broadband Council and the Broadband [...]

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