south east central success stories december 6, 2012
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South East Central
Success StoriesDecember 6, 2012
South East Central eTeam
Team Effort Meet about quarterly Usually at Lakeland Look at high speed
Internet access and adoption needs of Region and how to address
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Adoption
Digital Divide Grant Lakeland CollegeHutsonville Schools
Broadband Innovation Fund (BIF)Newton $15,000Effingham $50,000 Mattoon $35,000Charleston $32,668
Out of the entire state, the region was awarded $132,668 of the $500,000 total BIF grant. There are 10 regions, so this region won a lion’s share.
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Adoption Numerous eTeam and committee
meetings were held this year. Multiple county broadband
informational meetings were held. Cellular One has offered both staff and
locations for community training. A Lakeland training program was
customized and advertised for new computer users. The eTeam helps to market training.
Adoption Broadband will be an educational topic at the Farm
Bureau meeting in January. Lakeland College, the Farm Bureau, and eTeam
members are working on training plans for the Coles County Farm Bureau in February.
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Adoption We are gathering training
opportunities We are gathering computer
access locations
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Data
The providers of the region and the eTeam have worked hard to update the data showing area access. The eteam assisted in contacting providers and verifying data.
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Access Frontier, Joink, Cellular One, and other providers
have service in several new locations and we have assisted in getting the word out
Shiloh School was able to work with Metro Communication to greatly improve their Internet
The community of Dieterich worked very hard for a new Verizon Tower
Frontier is working on developments outside of Paris, Illinois which we believe will reach Morecraft Subdivision - A need that came up at an Edgar County broadband meeting
IRHN is working on a plan to provide Lawrence County Hospital double their speed. A need brought up in an eteam meeting.
Flat Rock Telephone will be upgrading their services due to new options for more bandwidth
Two providers from our region applied for Gigabit Grants.
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Access
Access
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Working with the CCDA and the Robinson Palestine Water District, Joink was able to get access to a water tower to provide wireless Internet to a rural location
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Access
Sue Randle of Hutsonville
Jeff Fryman of Beecher City
Justin Smith of Effingham
Ed Thomas of Robinson
Roger and Tammy Liston of Annapolis
Vicki May of Trimble
Kristen Noblitt of West Union
