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- Sherrod Brown backs Middle Mile Consortium
- U.S. Lags OECD Peers in Key Broadband Indicators
- 22 Percent of Internet Time Is Social, Nielsen Says
- Zack Space cities broadband work by Morgan County as evidence that Ohio renewal is working
| Sherrod Brown backs Middle Mile Consortium Posted: 17 Jun 2010 07:07 AM PDT Sherrod Brown press release U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) wrote to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke in support of the Ohio Middle Mile Consortium (OMMC) for the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP), funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. "If we want to promote economic development throughout Ohio, we need to ensure that all households can access the tools they need to become broadband proficient," Brown said. "With these funds, the Ohio Middle Mile Consortium (OMMC) would stimulate economic growth and improve the competitiveness of Ohio communities in underserved areas. We have an obligation to level the playing field for Ohio's workforce - it's an investment in the future of our state."  |
| U.S. Lags OECD Peers in Key Broadband Indicators Posted: 17 Jun 2010 06:55 AM PDT SpeedMatters blog New OECD data shows the U.S. continues to trail many of its industrialized peers in most indicators of broadband penetration, coverage and service. Among the startling data, the United States has only 26.4 fixed broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants; ranking 15 among the OECD's 31 member countries, behind France, Canada, Germany and eleven others. Read more  |
| 22 Percent of Internet Time Is Social, Nielsen Says Posted: 17 Jun 2010 06:45 AM PDT New York Times Messaging, commenting, blogging, sharing and "liking" now fill up 22 percent of all time spent online each month, according to Nielsen, a market research firm. Nielsen published statistics on Tuesday saying that people spend one in every four and a half minutes of their online time on a social network or blog. In the aggregate, Web users spend a total of 110 billion minutes on social Web sites and blogs each month. Read more  |
| Zack Space cities broadband work by Morgan County as evidence that Ohio renewal is working Posted: 17 Jun 2010 06:13 AM PDT By Zack Space in The Chillicothe Gazette Here in Ohio, it's clear that times are tough. We've been hit hard by an economic downturn of historic proportions. We've seen tens of thousands of our manufacturing jobs flow to countries like Mexico. And our region has long been at an economic disadvantage, causing us to fall further and further behind. However, realizing our economic potential has never been a stretch. I grew up right here in Appalachia, and I know as well as you do that we've been blessed by God with an unbelievable wealth of natural resources, along with the greatest, hardest workers in the world. If we don't take full advantage of the trends and jobs that we know are coming, someone else will. Read more  |
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