News
Lifeline customers eligible for broadband discount By The Herald-Dispatch (5/8/13)
Broadband audit to probe communication towers By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette (5/7/13)
Rural, municipal broadband providers see gains By civsourceonline.com (5/7/13)
W.Va. broadband project nearly finished By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette (4/27/13)
Progress slow, steady in struggling W.Va. county Associated Press, The Exponent Telegram (4/23/13)
State broadband availability sparse along county borders By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette (4/17/13)
Broadband council forbidden to talk about project By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette (4/16/13)
Senate prioritizes Internet access over speed By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette (4/10/13)
Senate debates broadband bill by Zack Harold, The Charleston Daily Mail (4/10/13)
Amendment would direct broadband funds to high need areas by Zack Harold, Capitol Reporter, The Charleston Daily Mail (4/10/13)
WVa Senate prioritizes broadband access over speed The Associated Press (4/10/13)
WV Senate is poised to vote on broadband access Thursday By Ann Ali, Senior Political Reporter, The State Journal (4/10/13)
Revised bill would speed up Internet By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette (4/9/13)
House passes bill to increase Internet speeds By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette (4/2/13)
Officials release consultant's broadband report by Dave Boucher, Daily Mail Capitol Reporter (3/21/13)
Consultant says state broadband project created 'monopoly' for Frontier By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette (3/21/13)
Group aims to expand broadband Internet By Warren Scott, The Herald-Star (3/21/13)
West Virginia Buries Study on How They Screwed up Broadband: Didn't Want to 'Embarrass' Anyone Further by Karl Bode, dslreports.com (3/21/13)
Concealment: 'Embarrassing' report Editorial, The Charleston Gazette (3/18/13)
Broadband consultant's report a secret By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette (3/17/13)
W.Va. 'broadband summit' postponed amid router review By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette (3/16/13)
Fiber line maps at heart of broadband squabble By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette (3/13/13)
Progress on router-gate By Hoppy Kercheval in Hoppy's Commentary, WVMetroNews.com (3/4/13)
Internet access improvement can enhance learning By James B Phares, The Fayette Tribune (3/4/13)
Frontier says Internet speed change could block service to 85K homes By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette (3/1/13)
After A Brouhaha in West Virginia, Cisco Promises To Refund Millions Of Dollars Worth Of Routers By Julie Bort, Business Insider (3/1/13)
Tomblin's office to examine Internet router sites By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette (2/28/13)
AT&T Invests $150M in West Virginia from 2010 to 2012 statejournal.com (2/27/13)
Why a one-room West Virginia library runs a $20,000 Cisco router By Rich Galen, cnsnews.com (2/27/13)
Why a one-room West Virginia library runs a $20,000 Cisco router By Nat Anderson, ARSTechnica.com (2/25/13)
Audit slams router purchases By Hoppy Kercheval in Hoppy's Commentary (2/11/13)
Legislative auditors slam $24M router deal; millions could have been used to expand network, report says By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette (2/10/13)
W.Va. a broadband 'overachiever' By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette (2/5/13)
State authority OKs $7M loan for Citynet expansionMillion By The Associated Press, The Charleston Gazette (1/21/13)
FCC Takes Heat For New Broadband Subsidy Plans As Agency Tries to Give Away $185 Million by Karl Bod, DSLReports.com (1/18/13)
Citynet receives $7 million state loan Charleston Daily Mail (1/18/13)
West Virginia Still Coming Up Short on Broadband By Bailey McCann, governingpeople.com (1/11/13)
Lawmakers hear more broadband grant details By Ann Ali, Senior Political Reporter, The State Journal (1/7/13)
$126M broadband project a 'train wreck,' delegate says By Eric Eyre, Sunday Gazette Mail, (1/7/13)
West Virginia's Broadband Fiasco Continues; Half Promised Fiber Won't Get ItBy Phillip Damplier, stopthecap.com, (1/7/13)
State broadband effort narrowedBy Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (1/6/13)
Citynet Eyes Fiber-to-Customer Networkby George Hohmann, Daily Mail Business Editor, (12/21/12)
Citynet already placing fiber-optic networksBy Megan Workman, The Sunday Gazette, (12/20/12)
Broadband development council criticized By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (12/13/12)
Investigation Begins Into West Virginia's Broadband Incompetence by Karl Bode, dslreports.com, (12/13/12)
Council awards $2 million for broadband projects By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (12/12/12)
Legislative auditor seeks details on $24M router buy By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (12/11/12)
System Reboot: Broadband mistakes have been at taxpayers' expense by journal-news.net, (12/9/12)
Libraries can't use stimulus-funded fiber network By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (12/9/12)
Superstorm Sandy damage may push back statewide broadband project deadline By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (12/5/12)
Frontier questions broadband grants: Deployment Council set to distribute millions next week By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (12/3/12)
West Va. Internet consultant paid $512k in federal stimulus funds by Joe Mullin, arstechnica.com, (11/26/12)
Verizon Still Screwing West Virginia, Even After Leaving State by Karl Bode, dslreports.com, (11/26/12)
Telecoms vie for $9M in broadband stimulus funds By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (10/11/12)
Chris Walters:Taxpayers' money wasted (Op-Ed Commentary), By Chris Walters, The Charleston Gazette, (9/5/12)
Son paid via funds homeland security chief administers, State OK'd arrangement, Gianato says By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (9/1/12)
State bought $24 million in routers with contract typically used for routine purchases By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (8/26/12)
Much of W.Va. lacks high-speed Internet access The Herald-Dispatch, (8/23/12)
Report: Nearly half of West Virginians don't have high-speed Internet By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (8/22/12)
Router bidding procedures questioned By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (8/20/12)
Applicants sought for broadband grants By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (8/15/12)
Legislative auditor starts inquiry into $24M router purchase By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (8/7/12)
Estimated $9 million will be left in broadband expansion budget By Alison Matas, The Charleston Gazette, (7/25/12)
US Inspector General audits West Virginia broadband spending By Bailey McCann, civsourceonline.com, (7/20/12)
Feds begin probe into stimulus spending By Eric Eyre, The Chalreston Gazette, (7/18/12)
W.Va. officials defend stimulus broadband spending by The Associated Press, The Associated Press, (7/20/12)
W.Va. to disclose unspent funds from stimulus broadband project By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (6/27/12)
Planning agencies refuse to use expensive Internet routers By Eric Eyre, The Chalreston Gazette, (6/23/12)
Congressmen seek probe of W.Va. broadband spending By Associated Press, Marietta Times, (6/15/12)
U.S. House committee wants inquiry into routers By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (6/13/12)
Obama administration official defends $24M state router purchase By Eric Eyre, The Clareston Gazette, (5/17/12)
State council asks firms to reveal broadband expansion plans By Eric Eyre, The Clareston Gazette, (5/16/12)
Broadband consultant invoice rejected By Eric Eyre, The Clareston Gazette, (5/14/12)
Firm to audit W.Va. broadband stimulus spending By Eric Eyre, The Clareston Gazette, (5/7/12)
Internet routers have sat unused for nearly two years By Eric Eyre, The Clareston Gazette, (5/6/12)
State paid $22K each for Internet routers By Eric Eyre, The Clareston Gazette, (5/5/12)
Schools' high-speed installation going slo-mo By Amy Julia Harris, The Clareston Gazette, (3/14/12)
Bill has Internet service providers at odds by Ry Rivard, The Charleston Daily Mail, (2/29/12)
State could have up to $40 million in unspent broadband stimulus fundss By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette (7/13/11)
WV Broadband Deployment Council Addresses Grant Process By The Associated Press, (6/16/11)
Council plans to distribute $4.4 million in broadband grants next year By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (6/15/11)
Survey shows lots left to do on broadband front (05/19/11)
Poll Shows Broadband Important for Drawing Jobs By George Hohmann, The Charleston Daily Mail, (05/18/11)
Broadband crucial to W.Va. economic development, survey finds By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (05/17/11)
Economic Development Leaders Say Broadband Crucial
to West Virginia’s Future (05/17/11)
Economic Development Leader Survey Results (05/17/11)
W.Va. Internet Providers Argue Over Best Way to Connect State By Walt Williams, The State Journal (04/21/11)
Man brings broadband network to rural Virginia By George Hohmann, The Charleston Daily Mail, (04/21/11)
Jim Martin: Grant for broadband is road to prosperity, but state must allow equal access Op-Ed, The Charleston Gazette (01/15/11)
Citynet Leaders Cite VA Example By George Hohmann, The Charleston Daily Mail, (01/07/11)
Citynet Pitches Southern Virginia Broadband Model By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (01/07/11)
Frontier, Citynet Debate Broadband Grant The Dominion Post - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX, (12/26/10)
Frontier, Citynet Face Off Over Broadband Grant by Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (12/15/10)
Broadband Expansion Remains Heated Issue WVMetroNews (12/15/10)
Chance of Success in the 21st Century (12/11/10)
This week's guests are Frontier Senior VP Dana Waldo, Citynet President & CEO Jim Martin, WV Living Magazine Publisher Nikki Bowman and Sen. Mike Hall.
Jay, FCC chief talk Internet in Jackson By Paul J. Nyden, The Charleston Gazette, (12/06/10)
Broadband Grant Findings 'flawed,' Citynet President Says by Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (12/06/10)
Federal Agency Reaffirms Broadband Project Support by George Hohmann, The Charleston Daily Mail, (12/01/10)
Citynet: Grant misused [The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.] (11/28/10)
Broadband Discussion Heating Up by George Hohmann, The Charleston Daily Mail, (11/21/10)
State's New Position Vindicates Citynet (11/19/2010)
Scope of Broadband Project Clarified by George Hohmann, The Charleston Daily Mail, (11/18/2010)
West Virginia Broadband Council to Hear Broadband Grant Dispute on December 15th, 2010 by Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (11/17/10)
Citynet Renews Attack on Broadband Plan by George Hohmann, The Charleston Daily Mail, (11/17/2010)
Citynet: State Wasting Internet Funding, Favoring Frontier by Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (11/16/2010)
West Virginia Engages in Major Broadband Battle as Frontier Service Problems Keep Coming Up Nationwide Stop the Cap! (11/04/2010)
Rockefeller Dismisses Citynet's Objections to Broadband Plan By George Hohmann, The Charleston Daily Mail, (10/28/2010)
Citynet Challenges State's High Speed Internet Plan By Malarie Dauginikas, WBOY-TV, (10/27/2010)
Citynet Ads Blast State's Broadband Plans by Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (10/25/2010)
Our Children, Our State, Our Future - Broadband Radio Spot (MP3)
WV Needs an Affordable, Adequate High-Speed Internet Infrastructure - Broadband Radio Spot (MP3)
Citynet Says [Secretary] Goes Deliberately Canceled Broadband Meetings by Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (10/18/2010)
Internet Provider (Citynet) Waits on Federal Agency's Response by George Hohmann, The Charleston Daily Mail, (10/17/2010)
Provider Waits on Agency's Response by George Hohmann, The Charleston Daily Mail, (10/15/2010)
Citynet Asks Feds to Suspend $126M Stimulus Grant for W.Va. Broadband Expansion By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (10/13/2010)
Citynet Calls for Federal Government to Suspend Broadband Grant Funding Citynet Press Release, (10/13/2010)
Manchin Defends Broadband Plan By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (9/30/2010)
Citynet Combs Through $126M Grant Records By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (9/29/2010)
Providers Question Spending on WV Broadband Plan The Associated Press, TV 3 Winchester, (9/17/2010)
Hoppy Kercheval Interviews Citynet CEO Jim Martin on TalkLine (MP3) by Hoppy Kercheval, West Virginia Metro News, (9/16/2010)
Effort to Wire State with Broadband Hits Snag The State Journal, (9/16/2010)
It Was Supposed To Be For Everyone By Hoppy Kercheval, West Virginia Metro News, (9/16/2010)
Lawmakers Question Competition in Broadband Market By Walt Williams, The State Journal, (8/11/2010)
Internet Provider Blasts Broadband Grant by George Hohmann, The Charleston Daily Mail, (9/15/2010)
Citynet Chief: [Secretary] Goes' Broadband Plan a 'Debacle' by Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, (8/11/2010)
Internet Firms Join Forces by George Hohmann, The Daily Mail, (3/11/2010)
Connecting West Virginia to World, Hitting Bump in Road By Sarah Lieu, WOWK TV, (3/10/2010)
Statewide Broadband Project About to Kick Off By Kate Long, The Charleston Gazette, (6/8/2010)
Major Broadband Expansion Coming To Mountain State West Virginia Metro News, (2/18/2010)
From The Governor:
West Virginia Receives $126 Million Grant For Statewide Broadband Project By Governor Joe Manchin, wvgov.org, (2/18/2010)
West Virginia Receives Huge Boost in Broadband Development From The Governor's Desk A weekly column by Governor Joe Manchin, Huntington News, (2/21/2010)
Opinions:
Broadband Controversy Underscores Big Problem. Editorial, The Charleston Daily Mail, (10/27/2010)
Opinion Offered on Broadband. By Dana Waldo, West Virginia SVP & GM Frontier Communications, The Journal, (10/4/2010)
Broadband for All. By Nigel Jeffries, Elkins, The Inter-Mountain, (6/19/2010)