Loading ...Internet at the speed of light could reach nearly 40 schools in Bedford and Campbell counties with a federal grant of stimulus funds announced Monday, February 8, 2010.
A $16 million grant will help Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative extend service from its fiber-optic, high-speed network to 22 schools in Bedford County and 17 in Campbell County, the U.S. Department of Commerce said. Bedford County also stands to benefit from a $5.5 million grant that will link Bedford city to a fiber-optic network that serves Virginia Tech and six counties in the Blacksburg-Roanoke region.
Read the full article by Ray Reed, published February 8, 2010: www2.newsadvance.com/lna/news/local/article/federal_stimulus_could_speed_up_internet_in_schools/23915.
