Connect Ohio Applauds Federal Grant to Sycamore Telephone Company for Fiber-to-the-Home Expansion in Sycamore, Melmore, and McCutchensville
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 5, 2010
Contact: Chris Pugh
614-214-6755 or cpugh@connectohio.org
Sycamore Telephone Company has received a federal Rural Utilities Services Broadband Initiatives Program grant Wednesday totaling $4,149,155 for broadband expansion in the villages of Sycamore, Melmore, and McCutchensville.
The grant will be used to build a Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) system in the three villages and is expected to benefit 4,200 residents, 450 businesses, and 14 community institutions as well as create over 25 new jobs.
"This decision is a major win for residents in these villages," Sycamore Telephone Company General Manager Steve Ekleberry said. "We're pleased to be able to bring fiber-to-the-home service to about 4,200 residents and businesses there. The award will also provide future jobs and economic opportunities for the villages, which will have access to less expensive, higher speed Internet service."
The company was founded in 1894 and provides telephone service to about 1,600 customers and DSL packages to nearly 900 subscribers in portions of Wyandot, Seneca and Crawford counties.
Sycamore Telephone Company’s award is part of the $7.2 billion made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for the purpose of bringing broadband to populations in the United States underserved by broadband.
"We believe expanding high-speed Internet access is a key step to help improve the economies of Ohio's rural and underserved areas," Ohio Governor Ted Strickland said. "Today's award for these villages is another step toward our goal of total broadband access across the state."
Connect Ohio, a nonprofit, technology-neutral, public-private partnership that works with telecommunications providers, local government, business and community leaders and community institutions, in an effort to help extend affordable high-speed Internet service to every Ohio household, held local monthly meetings in Wyandot and Seneca counties as part of its eCommunity Strategies program, which covers all 88 Ohio counties.
"This funding will help these communities take advantage of the benefits available through access to high-speed Internet service," Connect Ohio Executive Director Tom Fritz said. "It highlights the importance of the broadband mapping and planning efforts Ohio has undertaken since 2007 as part of Governor Strickland’s Connect Ohio initiative.”
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August 5, 2010
Contact: Chris Pugh
614-214-6755 or cpugh@connectohio.org
Sycamore Telephone Company has received a federal Rural Utilities Services Broadband Initiatives Program grant Wednesday totaling $4,149,155 for broadband expansion in the villages of Sycamore, Melmore, and McCutchensville.
The grant will be used to build a Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) system in the three villages and is expected to benefit 4,200 residents, 450 businesses, and 14 community institutions as well as create over 25 new jobs.
"This decision is a major win for residents in these villages," Sycamore Telephone Company General Manager Steve Ekleberry said. "We're pleased to be able to bring fiber-to-the-home service to about 4,200 residents and businesses there. The award will also provide future jobs and economic opportunities for the villages, which will have access to less expensive, higher speed Internet service."
The company was founded in 1894 and provides telephone service to about 1,600 customers and DSL packages to nearly 900 subscribers in portions of Wyandot, Seneca and Crawford counties.
Sycamore Telephone Company’s award is part of the $7.2 billion made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for the purpose of bringing broadband to populations in the United States underserved by broadband.
"We believe expanding high-speed Internet access is a key step to help improve the economies of Ohio's rural and underserved areas," Ohio Governor Ted Strickland said. "Today's award for these villages is another step toward our goal of total broadband access across the state."
Connect Ohio, a nonprofit, technology-neutral, public-private partnership that works with telecommunications providers, local government, business and community leaders and community institutions, in an effort to help extend affordable high-speed Internet service to every Ohio household, held local monthly meetings in Wyandot and Seneca counties as part of its eCommunity Strategies program, which covers all 88 Ohio counties.
"This funding will help these communities take advantage of the benefits available through access to high-speed Internet service," Connect Ohio Executive Director Tom Fritz said. "It highlights the importance of the broadband mapping and planning efforts Ohio has undertaken since 2007 as part of Governor Strickland’s Connect Ohio initiative.”
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For more information about what Connect Ohio is doing to accelerate technology in Ohio's communities, visit http://www.connectohio.org
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