Construction begins for Ohio Middle Mile partners

Columbus, Ohio 
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What is the OMMC and why did it form?The Ohio Middle Mile Consortium (OMMC) is
a public-private partnership between Com Net, Inc., Horizon Telcom, OARnet
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Current Releases

Construction begins for Ohio Middle Mile partners

Columbus, Ohio June 16, 2010
Com Net, Inc., Horizon Telcom and OneCommunity, collectively awarded a total of $141.3 million in federal stimulus funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, have received the go-ahead to break ground on their projects. The awarded projects will add more than 3,600 new miles of broadband fiber . . . read more

Ohio Receives Additional $111.3 Million in Broadband Recovery Act Awards

Columbus, Ohio August 18, 2010
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland today announced that two members of an Ohio public-private consortium were awarded more than $111 million in grants from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to extend broadband access throughout northeast and southern Ohio . . . read more

Ohio Middle Mile Consortium partner awarded $30 million for broadband stimulus grant

Columbus, Ohio July 2, 2010
The Ohio Middle Mile Consortium announced today that Com Net, Inc., a founding member, has been awarded federal stimulus funding that will add almost 700 new miles of broadband fiber to rural and underserved communities throughout western Ohio.

"This is a great day for Ohio. Comprehensive broadband services for the state are vital to enhancing education, retraining our displaced workforce and preparing our future workforce to drive Ohio economic development," said Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut, who had called on the Ohio Academic Resources Network (OARnet), the technology operations arm of the University System of Ohio, to coordinate a unified approach for federal stimulus broadband applications . . . read more

OMMC in the News

Fiber-optic cable being installed - September 7, 2011

The People's Defender  download PDF

Broadband project moves to construction phase - June 17, 2011

Times Bulletin Media  download PDF

Ceremony set to kick-off broadband project - June 7, 2011

Times Bulletin Media  download PDF

Network project to extend Internet - May 29, 2011

The Columbus Dispatch  download PDF

Scioto County part of broadband initiative - May 26, 2011

Portsmouth Daily Times  download PDF

Work starts on Horizon Internet upgrades - May 24, 2011

Chillicothe Gazette  download PDF

Work starts on Internet upgrades - May 24, 2011

Lancaster Eagle Gazette  download PDF

Sen. Brown Cheers Groundbreaking Of Project Improving Access To Broadband - May 24, 2011

Politicalnews.me  download PDF

Horizon Telecom adds partners in broadband project - May 11, 2011

Chillicothe Gazette  download PDF

Horizon Telcom Selects Industry Leaders Fujitsu, Juniper Networks And Calix As Key Providers In New Fiber Optic Network Construction For Connecting Appalachia Project - May 9, 2011

Fiber Optics Online  download PDF

Project to expand broadband in Ohio – August 31, 2010

Record Herald  download PDF

Reader's Viewpoint: Broadband grant will help modernize Appalachia – August 28, 2010

The Times-Reporter  download PDF

$30M in stimulus money targets area broadband service – August 27, 2010

Dayton Daily News  download PDF

Funding approved for Broadband Plan – August 25, 2010

Perry County Tribune  download PDF

Fiber-optic lines to be laid in Trumbull – August 23, 2010

Trib Today  download PDF

Extended broadband access coming to SE Ohio – August 21, 2010

The Daily Sentinel  download PDF
Broadband Stimulus Blog  download PDF

OARnet part of $141.3 million in broadband stimulus grants – August 20, 2010

The Ohio State Office of Research News  download PDF

Broadband expansion plans move forward into 2011 – August 20, 2010

The Jackson County Times Journal  download PDF

Space: Big broadband grant to mean 725 new jobs – August 19, 2010

The Athens News  download PDF

Ohio Projects Receive an Additional $118 Million in Broadband Recovery Act Awards – August 19, 2010

Media Newswire  download PDF

Ohio Receives and Additional $111.3 Million in Broadband Recovery Act Awards – August 18, 2010

Supercomputing Online  download PDF

Rural areas will get high-speed Internet access – August 3, 2010

Supercomputing Online  download PDF

Ohio Coalition Including Zayo Bandwidth Granted $30 Million Federal Stimulus Award

Zayo Bandwidth – July 22, 2010  download PDF
Digital Journal – July 22, 2010  download PDF
FiberToTheWhatever – July 23, 2010  download PDF
Fierce Telecom – July 23, 2010  download PDF
TMCnews – July 23, 2010  download PDF

Broadband expands to Western Ohio – July 22, 2010

WCMH (NBC) Columbus  watch the story

Rural areas will get high-speed Internet access – July 12, 2010

Dayton Daily News  download PDF

OARnet part of $30 million broadband stimulus funding grant – July 7, 2010

OSUToday  view image

Ohio gets $30M broadband stimulus grant – July 6, 2010

Cincinnati Business Courier  download PDF

Firm to boost broadband access around Dayton – July 6, 2010

Dayton Business Journal  download PDF

Federal grant to expand broadband access – July 3, 2010

Washington Court House Record Herald  download PDF

Broadband service to reach more residents – July 3, 2010

Van Wert Times Bulletin   download PDF

Better, faster, richer: Broadband grant pulls $30 million to Wapak – July 3, 2010

Lima News  download PDF

Ohio receives $30 million Broadband Recovery Act award – July 2, 2010

Ohio.gov | Recovery  view full article

A look at more statewide broadband projects in the news – July 2, 2010

Broadband for America  view full article

Round 2 of broadband stimulus kicks of with more fiber funding – July 2, 2010

Lightwave  download PDF

Sen. Brown announces $30 million to expand broadband infrastructure in Ohio – July 2, 2010

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown web site  view full article

New federal funding will improve Ohio broadband – July 2, 2010

Technology for Ohio's Tomorrow blog  view full article