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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

By 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 4/4/2013

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 2/11/2013

Legislative auditors slam $24M router deal; millions could have been used to expand network, report says

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 2/11/2013

W.Va. a broadband 'overachiever'

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 2/5/2013

State authority OKs $7M loan for Citynet expansionMillion

By The Associated Press, The Charleston Gazette 1/21/2013

FCC Takes Heat For New Broadband Subsidy Plans As Agency Tries to Give Away $185 Million

by Karl Bod, DSLReports.com 1/18/2013

Citynet receives $7 million state loan

Charleston Daily Mail 1/18/2013

West Virginia Still Coming Up Short on Broadband

By Bailey McCann, governingpeople.com 1/11/2013

Lawmakers hear more broadband grant details

By Ann Ali, Senior Political Reporter, The State Journal 1/7/2013

$126M broadband project a 'train wreck,' delegate says

By Eric Eyre, Sunday Gazette Mail 1/7/2013

West Virginia's Broadband Fiasco Continues; Half Promised Fiber Won't Get It

By Phillip Damplier, stopthecap.com 1/7/2013

State broadband effort narrowed

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 1/6/2013

Citynet Eyes Fiber-to-Customer Network

by George Hohmann, Daily Mail Business Editor 12/21/2012

Citynet already placing fiber-optic networks

By Megan Workman, The Sunday Gazette 12/20/2012

Broadband development council criticized

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 12/13/2012

Investigation Begins Into West Virginia's Broadband Incompetence

by Karl Bode, dslreports.com 12/13/2012

Council awards $2 million for broadband projects

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 12/12/2012

Legislative auditor seeks details on $24M router buy

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 12/11/2012

System Reboot: Broadband mistakes have been at taxpayers' expense

by journal-news.net 12/9/2012

Libraries can't use stimulus-funded fiber network

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 12/9/2012

Superstorm Sandy damage may push back statewide broadband project deadline

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 12/5/2012

Frontier questions broadband grants: Deployment Council set to distribute millions next week

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 12/3/2012

West Va. Internet consultant paid $512k in federal stimulus funds

by Joe Mullin, arstechnica.com 11/26/2012

Verizon Still Screwing West Virginia, Even After Leaving State

by Karl Bode, dslreports.com 11/26/2012

Telecoms vie for $9M in broadband stimulus funds

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 10/11/2012

Chris Walters:Taxpayers' money wasted

(Op-Ed Commentary), By Chris Walters, The Charleston Gazette 5/5/2012

Son paid via funds homeland security chief administers, State OK'd arrangement, Gianato says

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 9/1/2012

State bought $24 million in routers with contract typically used for routine purchases

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 8/26/2012

Much of W.Va. lacks high-speed Internet access

The Herald-Dispatch 8/23/2012

Report: Nearly half of West Virginians don't have high-speed Internet

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 8/22/2012

Router bidding procedures questioned

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 8/20/2012

Applicants sought for broadband grants

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 8/15/2012

Legislative auditor starts inquiry into $24M router purchase

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 8/7/2012

Estimated $9 million will be left in broadband expansion budget

By Alison Matas, The Charleston Gazette 7/25/2012

US Inspector General audits West Virginia broadband spending

By Bailey McCann, civsourceonline.com 7/20/2012

Feds begin probe into stimulus spending

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 7/18/2012

W.Va. officials defend stimulus broadband spending

The Associated Press 7/20/2012

W.Va. to disclose unspent funds from stimulus broadband project

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 6/27/2012

Planning agencies refuse to use expensive Internet routers

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 6/23/2012

Congressmen seek probe of W.Va. broadband spending

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 6/15/2012

U.S. House committee wants inquiry into routers

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 6/13/2012

Obama administration official defends $24M state router purchase

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 5/17/2012

State council asks firms to reveal broadband expansion plans

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 5/16/2012

Broadband consultant invoice rejected

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 5/14/2012

Firm to audit W.Va. broadband stimulus spending

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 5/7/2012

Internet routers have sat unused for nearly two years

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 5/6/2012

State paid $22K each for Internet routers

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 8/5/2012

Schools' high-speed installation going slo-mo

By Amy Julia Harris, The Charleston Gazette 8/14/2012

Bill has Internet service providers at odds

By Ry Rivard, The Charleston Daily Mail 02/29/2012

State could have up to $40 million in unspent broadband stimulus funds

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 07/13/2011

WV Broadband Deployment Council Addresses Grant Process

By The Associated Press 06/16/2011

Council plans to distribute $4.4 million in broadband grants next year

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 06/15/2011

Survey shows lots left to do on broadband front

05/19/2011

W.Va. Internet Providers Argue Over Best Way to Connect State

By Walt Williams, The State Journal 04/21/2011

Broadband crucial to W.Va. economic development, survey finds

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 05/17/2011

Economic Development Leaders Say Broadband Crucial to West Virginia�s Future

05/17/2011

Economic Development Leader Survey Results

05/11/2011

W.Va. Internet Providers Argue Over Best Way to Connect State

By Walt Williams, The State Journal 04/21/2011

Man brings broadband network to rural Virginia

By George Hohmann, The Charleston Daily Mail, 04/21/2011

Jim Martin: Grant for broadband is road to prosperity, but state must allow equal access

Op-Ed, The Charleston Gazette, 01/15/2011

Citynet Leaders Cite VA Example

By George Hohmann, The Charleston Daily Mail, 01/07/2011

Citynet Pitches Southern Virginia Broadband Model

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, 01/06/2011

Frontier, Citynet Debate Broadband Grant

The Dominion Post - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX, 12/26/2010

Frontier, Citynet Face Off Over Broadband Grant

by Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, 12/15/2010

Broadband Expansion Remains Heated Issue

WVMetroNews, 12/15/2010

Chance of Success in the 21st Century

WBOY, 12/11/2010

Jay, FCC chief talk Internet in Jackson

By Paul J. Nyden, The Charleston Gazette, 12/06/2010

Broadband Grant Findings flawed, Citynet President Says

by Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, 12/06/2010

Federal Agency Reaffirms Broadband Project Support

by George Hohmann, The Charleston Daily Mail, 12/01/2010

Citynet: Grant misused

The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va., 11/28/2010

Broadband Discussion Heating Up

by George Hohmann, The Charleston Daily Mail, 11/21/2010

State's New Position Vindicates Citynet

11/19/2010

Scope of Broadband Project Clarified

by George Hohmann, The Charleston Daily Mail, 11/17/2010

West Virginia Broadband Council to Hear Broadband Grant Dispute on December 15th, 2010

by Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette, 11/17/2010

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 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

Broadband Controversy Underscores Big Problem

Editorial, The Charleston Daily Mail 10/27/2010

Citynet Ads Blasts State Broadband Plans

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 10/25/2010

Our Children, Our State, Our Future - Broadband Radio Spot

WV Needs an Affordable, Adequate High-Speed Internet Infrastructure - Broadband Radio Spot

Citynet Says Goes Deliberately Canceled Broadband Meetings

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 10/18/2010

Internet Provider (Citynet) Waits on Federal Agency Response

by George Hohmann, The Charleston Daily Mail 10/17/2010

Provider Waits on Agency 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

TV 3 Winchester, The Associated Press 9/17/2010

Hoppy Kercheval Interviews Citynet CEO Jim Martin on TalkLine

West Virginia Metro News, Hoppy Kercheval 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

Internet Provider Blasts Broadband Grant

by George Hohmann, The Charleston Daily Mail 9/15/2010

Lawmakers Question Competition in Broadband Market

By Walt Williams, The State Journal 8/11/2010

Citynet Chief: Goes Broadband Plan a Debacle

By Eric Eyre, The Charleston Gazette 8/11/2010

Internet Firms Join Forces

by George Hohmann, The Charleston 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