{"id":5388,"date":"2011-03-28T02:14:22","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T07:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=5388"},"modified":"2011-03-28T02:14:22","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T07:14:22","slug":"every-citizen-online-program-doing-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/03\/28\/every-citizen-online-program-doing-well\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Citizen Online program doing well"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; Connect Ohio hosted the 2011 first quarter Technology Association meeting this past Friday, which detailed the early success of the Every Citizen Online program, a two-year effort to increase sustainable broadband adoption for more than 200,000 state residents by providing free computer training sessions at public libraries and community colleges throughout Ohio. The program began in late December 2010. Thus far, nearly 1,500 Ohio adults have completed the free basic computer training, more than 4,600 have registered for the training through the online site <a href=\"http:\/\/eco.connectohio.org\/\">http:\/\/eco.connectohio.org\/<\/a>, and 1,853 computers have been distributed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4705\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Connect-Ohio-logo-stacked.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"143\" \/>&#8220;The Every Citizen Online project has been well-received in communities throughout the state,&#8221; said Connect Ohio Executive Director Tom Fritz. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen early success since the initial launch and continue to add training locations regularly, advancing the program\u2019s reach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Connect Ohio Technical Outreach Manager Bart Winegar gave attendees an overview of current last-mile assistance projects in Ohio. The last-mile projects offer assistance to Ohio communities that lack access to broadband by identifying, researching, and mapping unserved areas and interacting with local planning teams to determine the best practices to increase broadband capacity in that area. Winegar presented details of a broadband expansion model created by Connect Ohio that can be used to determine financial viability and sustainability of expansion into Ohio communities.<\/p>\n<p>Fritz also recognized Matthew Pepper of Chesterhill with a Broadband Hero award for his hard work and dedication toward expanding affordable broadband and high-speed Internet access to residents of Morgan County. Details of Pepper\u2019s volunteer efforts can be viewed at <a href=\"http:\/\/connectoh.org\/in_the_news\/broadband_heroes\/\">http:\/\/connectoh.org\/in_the_news\/broadband_heroes\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; Connect Ohio hosted the 2011 first quarter Technology Association meeting this past Friday, which detailed the early success of the Every Citizen Online program, a two-year effort to increase sustainable broadband adoption for more than 200,000 state residents by providing free computer training sessions at public libraries and community colleges throughout Ohio. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 16:10:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}