Horizon project on agenda at development breakfast

Chillicothe Gazette

Bill McKell, Horizon Telecom CEO and Southern Ohio Economic Development Alliance vice chairman, has been added to the program of the Alliance's INsider OUTlook Breakfast Sept. 1 at the Chillicothe Country Club.

McKell will talk about the $95 million project being launched to bring high-capacity broadband service to 34 southern Ohio counties. The project, much of which will be paid for with federal stimulus funding, would connect 600 local community institutions in the 34-county area to Horizon's fiber optic line -- expanding connectivity in schools, homes, healthcare facilities and businesses.

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Extended broadband access coming to SE Ohio

The Daily Sentinel

CHILLICOTHE — Federal funding for a new fiber optic broadband network connecting Ohio’s Appalachian counties has been awarded to Chillicothe-based Horizon Telcom.

This $66.4 million Broadband Technologies Opportunity Program (BTOP) stimulus grant, awarded by the National Telecommunications Infrastructure Administration (NTIA), will fund 70 percent of the $94.9 million project, with Horizon providing the remaining 30 percent.

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