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Entries from September 2007

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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GO Concepts – Lebanon, Ohio

September 12th, 2007 · No Comments

GO Concepts is a leading Internet services provider focused on delivering outstanding [...]

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Hocking, others discuss broadband

September 12th, 2007 · No Comments

Leslie Gray | Logan Daily News Reporter
LOGAN – Broadband committees representing three counties met at the Logan-Hocking District Library with a representative from the Governor’s Office of Appalachia to discuss getting broadband service in southeastern Ohio.
Hocking, Vinton and Perry counties joined together to form a plan to get coverage in the area.
“Broadband is a utility [...]

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DirecTV electrifies broadband-over-powerline

September 11th, 2007 · No Comments

DirecTV has announced that it would become the first major US satellite company to offer broadband-over-powerline services, thanks to a deal with smart-grid provider Current Group.

DirecTV said it would bundle broadband-over-powerline high-speed Internet and VoIP with its digital TV services to about 1.8 million homes in the Dallas-Forth Worth, Texas region by early 2008.

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Verizon Wireless Invests More Than $100 Million in Ohio in the First Half of 2007

September 10th, 2007 · No Comments

Network Enhancements Total Nearly $190 Million in State Over the Last Year
September 07, 2007: 09:44 AM EST
DUBLIN, Ohio, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ — Verizon Wireless announced today that it has invested an additional $100 million to enhance services and coverage in Ohio in the first half of 2007. The company has invested nearly [...]

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Featured Independent ISP

September 10th, 2007 · No Comments

Amplex Internet
Amplex has been providing Internet Services since 1997. We started with dialup service for Luckey and Woodville, Ohio. We now cover several hundred square miles with broadband wireless access as well as offering all of the standard ISP services such as email, dedicated lines (T1, DS3, and Metro Ethernet), web hosting and colocation.
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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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Siscom, Inc. – Dayton, Ohio

September 7th, 2007 · No Comments

Superior Internet Services Company
Backed by Iformata Communications’ exemplary customer service and history of going the extra mile for all of our clients, we are proud to bring you the power and technology of SISCOM. SISCOM offers a variety of services ranging from accelerated dial-up, residential and business DSL in both AT&T and Verizon service areas, [...]

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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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DONet, Inc. – Dayton, OH

September 6th, 2007 · No Comments

DONet, Inc. is a Dayton, Ohio based ISP offering dial-up, DSl & T1 services.
Why Choose DONet?
We get asked this question a lot. In a world of commodity Internet services, we’re definitely not the cheapest provider around. Why should anyone choose DONet?
Our philosophy at DONet is that technology is not the end in and of itself. [...]

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