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4.04.2008
- OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND LOCAL
BROADBAND ACCESS
The Independent - Richard Roth
HILLSDALE - The New York State Council for Universal Broadband has awarded a local not-for-profit corporation $156,631 to design and implement a 130-mile fiber optic network, opening the way for high-speed broadband Internet connections in parts of the county where the service is not currently available.
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3.27.2008
- COOL RECEPTION FOR WIRELESS PLAN
The Times Union - Larry Rulison
CHATHAM - It was ironic to Bill Parker that he was talking about his wireless Internet initiative for downtown Chatham at Ralph's Pretty Good Cafe, a coffee shop and eatery on Main Street.
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7.19.2007
- SHORT-TERM 'MESH' TECHNOLOGY PROPOSED FOR
MAIN STREET AREA
Chatham Courier - Taitia Shelow
CHATHAM - A nonprofit organization working to get high-speed fiber optic Internet
access in Columbia County has proposed a short-term solution that could turn
Chatham village's Main Street into the first wireless network in the county..
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8.17.2007
- CONGRESSWOMAN GILLIBRAND'S ECONOMIC SUMMIT STRESSES BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY
WAMC - David Lucas
ALBANY, NY - The 2007 Economic Summit was held this week at the Gideon Putnam Resort in Saratoga. The summit addressed the concept of "Tech Valley" and the thousands of highly skilled and high paying jobs it promises.
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3.27.2007
- GROUPS WORK TO ESTABLISH LOCAL HIGH-SPEED ACCESS
The Independent - Richard Roth
HILLSDALE - Two local organizations are doing their best to provide high-speed Internet access. Both see high-speed Internet as essential to the area's long-term economic viability.
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4.17.2007
- FCC ASSESSING HIGH-SPEED INTERNET ACCESS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Federal regulators want to determine whether high-speed Internet access is being made available fast enough to all Americans, calling it "critical" to the nation's economy.
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3.15.2007
- BANDING TOGETHER FOR BROADBAND
Chatham Courier - Taitia Shelow
Frustrated by the slow speed of so-called high-speed Internet access - a key part of their Web-based business - three local men last year began an effort to bring better access to Columbia County.
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2.4.2007
- DIGITAL DOMAIN; WIRELESS INTERNET FOR ALL,
WITHOUT THE TOWERS
New York Times - Randall Stross
THESE still are early days for the Internet, globally speaking. One billion people online; five billion to go.
The next billion to be connected are living in homes that are physically close to an Internet gateway. They await a solution to the famous "last mile" problem: extending affordable broadband service to each person's doorstep.
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2.22.2007
- WEB FORUMS REPLACING COFFEE SHOPS FOR FARMERS
Associated Press/CNN.com
MARTINSVILLE, Ohio - Tucked away in the den of his 127-year-old farmhouse, Ed Winkle huddles over his computer. The screen's soft glow lights up his eyeglasses, reflecting messages about tractors, corn hybrids and crop insurance.
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2.01.2007
- CONSULTING FIRM DISCUSSES HIGH-SPEED TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Chatham Courier - Taitia Shelow
CHATHAM - Columbia County would not be alone if it opted to develop its own infrastructure that would improve access to telecommunications such as high-speed Internet, broadband and wireless technology.
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1.17.2007
- IN AUBURN (INDIANA), IT'S THE ECONOMY
American Public Power Association - Cathy H. Swirbul
The City of Auburn, Ind., never planned to provide industrial-strength broadband but the new venture became a possibility the day in 2003 when Cooper Standard executives approached Auburn Mayor Norm Yoder.
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1.16.2007
- AMERICA'S GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
Wired Magazine - Lawrence Lessig
Can last-mile broadband be developed in a way that doesn't rely on the incentives
that drive current providers toward innovation-stifling business models? Yes.
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12.11.2006
- A NON-PROFIT GROUP IN CHATHAM WANTS COLUMBIA COUNTY BROUGHT UP TO SPEED, LITERALLY
Hudson Valley Business Journal - Ann Bartgis
According to their online presentation, the group's goal is to "form New York State's first community-based municipal fiber-optic network".
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09.28.2006
- RURAL AREAS LEFT IN SLOW LANE OF HIGH-SPEED DATA HIGHWAY
New York Times - Ken Belson
Big phone and cable companies are reluctant to upgrade and expand their networks in sparcely populated places where there are not enough customers to justify the investment.
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08.23.2006
- CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE GILLIBRAND SEES RURAL BROADBAND AS A VITAL TOOL FOR COMMUNITY GROWTH AND SAFETY
Office of Kirsten Gillibrand
Because of a lack of leadership on the federal and state level, we are failing our local
businesses, farmers, health care providers, young people, teachers, and all our citizens.
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