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CRO in the News

Motivated communities, dynamic technology and unique solutions to difficult problems make for interesting stories in the media. Listed below are some of the CRO stories that have appeared in the media.

• Crown City
• Vinton
• Chesterhill
• New Straitsville

Crown City

Gallipolis Daily Tribune - April 1, 2008
Wireless in future for village [pdf]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune - May 3, 2008
Village obtains wireless linkage [pdf]

Vinton

onCampus (OSU Faculty/Staff Newspaper) – August 13, 2007
Initiative bridges rural Ohio's digital divide [pdf]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune – June 22, 2007
Online learning course comes to Vinton [pdf]

WOUB Public Radio – May 17, 2007
Wireless Internet Comes to Vinton [pdf]

Vinton County Courier – May 4, 2007
Program could bring broadband to Vinton County [html] [pdf]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune – April 22, 2007
Shareholders discuss opportunities for Vinton's hi-speed [pdf]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune – March 25, 2007
Vinton set to make broadband connection [pdf]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune – March 5, 2007
High tech training set for Vinton [pdf]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune – December 19, 2006
Broadband access set for Vinton [pdf]

Chesterhill

The MaintainIT Project – January 29, 2007
Going Where no Cable has Gone Before [html] [pdf]

Ohio State Alumni Association – January/February 2007
Chesterhill gets connected [html] [pdf]

TMCnet editorial – June 25, 2006
On-ramp to opportunity: Bringing high-speed Internet to isolated communities is a worthwhile public investment [html] [pdf]

Columbus Dispatch - June 24, 2006
On-ramp to Opportunity [pdf]

Columbus Dispatch – June 16, 2006
No more life in Internet slow lane for rural town [html] [pdf]

Federal Communications Commission - May 16, 2006
Remarks of Jonathan S. Adelstein, Commissioner [pdf]

FreeNet (from New York Times) – May 3, 2006
Switchboard in the Sky [html] [pdf]

New Straitsville

OnCampus - September 22, 2004
OSU technology brings wireless Internet to Appalachia [html] [pdf]

techNOW - August 23, 2002
Bridging the Divide [pdf]

Wired News - September 3, 2001
Upgrading the Hillbilly Highway [pdf]