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National Model
"(The) Connect Ohio Initiative is a timely and much-needed step toward Ohio holding its economic place and then advancing into the future. "
Our View: Strickland plugs Ohio into the future with new broadband development
Lorain Morning Journal
December 18, 2007
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"If we want our citizens to be technologically equal to others in the world -- and our state to be economically competitive -- it is crucial that they have broadband access. This partnership with Connected Nation and Verizon's increased broadband investment this year will help keep West Virginia on track to reach its goal."
West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin
CNN Article
August 15, 2007
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"If it works in Kentucky, in such a rural state, I think it could provide wonders nationwide."
Congressman Rick Boucher
Courier-Journal Article
June 9, 2007
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"Connecting the nation starts in Kentucky."
Connecting the Nation Starts in Kentucky
App-Rising
September 14, 2007
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"The Commonwealth of Kentucky has had some amazing success in creating the conditions necessary to achieve a nearly 100 percent broadband coverage level. (My)legislation will allow other states...to replicate their successes."
Congressman Zack Space (OH -18)
Logan Daily News
October 3, 2007
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"(The) Connect Ohio Initiative is a timely and much-needed step toward Ohio holding its economic place and then advancing into the future. "
Our View: Strickland plugs Ohio into the future with new broadband development
Lorain Morning Journal
December 18, 2007
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“The data gathered by Connected Tennessee allows us to see for the first time where improvement is needed and work to localize our efforts.”
Governor Phil Bredesen, Tennessee
Tennessee County News
January - February 2008
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"Connected Nation has demonstrated that with very little investment, states can be productive in addressing the broadband issue and can achieve remarkable results in a short period of time."
Jack Blossman, Chairman
Louisiana Public Service Commission
For more from Chairman Blossman
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“What we know here today is that ConnectKentucky is a national leader in economic development. Soon a lot of other folks will know this.”
Asst. Secretary Sandy Baruah
Economic Development Administration
For more on the 2006 Excellence in
Economic Development Award
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"It is true that individual states also collect data, some of it more granular than the FCC’s…. the ConnectKentucky initiative has gained widespread currency as a model for state mapping and data collection."
Measuring Broadband: Improving Communications Policymaking through Better Data Collection
University of Texas at Austin
June 2006 Report
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"Based on our analysis, we believe that the use of subscriber indicators at the zip-code level ... may overstate terrestrially based deployment. We were able to check these findings for one state—Kentucky—where ConnectKentucky, a state alliance on broadband, had done an extensive analysis of its broadband deployment."
US Government Accountability Office
May 2006 Report
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“Through its experience in Kentucky, Connected Nation provides an incredibly successful model for stimulating broadband build out and demand that should be adopted nationally.”
Kenneth R. Peres, PhD, President
Alliance for Public Technology
For more from Kenneth Peres
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“The process begun by Connected Nation in Kentucky can and should serve as a model for efforts across the US.”
Charles Kaylor, Principal
Public Sphere Information Group
For more from Charles Kaylor
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"ConnectKentucky is just one effort among many programmes in different states...to wire up the American countryside. But not all have been as successful as Kentucky's."
Wiring Rural America
The Economist Magazine
September 13, 2007
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