Pennsylvania’s Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and...
Pennsylvania’s Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research reached its goal of connecting the state’s colleges and universities last month, which NTIA lauded in a blog post Thursday (http://1.usa.gov/18bXWMd). “The recently completed 1,600-mile statewide network currently provides affordable broadband…
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service to customers, mostly colleges and universities, through 63 connection points on the network reaching 50 counties throughout Pennsylvania,” wrote Anthony Wilhelm, associate director of NTIA’s Office of Telecommunications and Information Applications. The network eventually is expected to help connect K-12 schools as well, he added. The network, which received a $99.6 million grant from NTIA’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program and $29 million in matching contributions, “provides a catalyst for continued improvements in educational advancement and economic development throughout the Keystone State,” he said.