Illinois gets 1st stimulus funds for broadband access | Crain's Chicago Business

(Crain's) — Far West DeKalb County won $13.2 million in federal and state money to improve Internet access, the state’s first broadband access grant under the federal stimulus program.

Illinois is seeking more than $400 million from the $7.2 billion set aside for states and localities that don’t have access to fast Internet service now. That includes $100 million sought by Chicago to create free public wireless networks across the city...