Economic Stimulus grants to help expand broadband in SWVA

By: AP | WSLS
Published: February 08, 2010

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Two stimulus grants totaling $21.5 million have been awarded to expand broadband infrastructure in Virginia.
The matching grants were announced Monday by U.S. Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner and Reps. Tom Perriello and Rick Boucher.
A $16 million grant was awarded to Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative to expand an existing high-speed fiber network in southern Virginia. The expansion will connect K-12 schools to the network.
Virginia Tech Foundation Inc. received a $5.5 million grant to add an open access fiber-optic network to an existing network operated by Mid-Atlantic. The expansion will connect the university's main campus in Blacksburg with the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in Roanoke.

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