Transcript Adoption
South East Central Success Stories December 6, 2012 South East Central eTeam 4/7/2016 Team Effort Meet about quarterly Usually at Lakeland Look at high speed Internet access and adoption needs of Region and how to address Input appreciated 2 Adoption Digital Divide Grant Lakeland College Hutsonville Schools Broadband Innovation Fund (BIF) Newton $15,000 Effingham $50,000 Mattoon $35,000 Charleston $32,668 4/7/2016 Out of the entire state, the region was awarded $132,668 of the $500,000 total BIF grant. There are 10 regions, so this region won a lion’s share. 3 Adoption 4/7/2016 Numerous eTeam and committee meetings were held this year. Multiple county broadband informational meetings were held. Cellular One has offered both staff and locations for community training. A Lakeland training program was customized and advertised for new computer users. The eTeam helps to market training. 4 Adoption Broadband will be an educational topic at the Farm Bureau meeting in January. Lakeland College, the Farm Bureau, and eTeam members are working on training plans for the Coles County Farm Bureau in February. 4/7/2016 5 Adoption 4/7/2016 We are gathering training opportunities We are gathering computer access locations 6 Data The providers of the region and the eTeam have worked hard to update the data showing area access. The eteam assisted in contacting providers and verifying data. 4/7/2016 7 4/7/2016 9 Access 4/7/2016 Frontier, Joink, Cellular One, and other providers have service in several new locations and we have assisted in getting the word out Shiloh School was able to work with Metro Communication to greatly improve their Internet The community of Dieterich worked very hard for a new Verizon Tower Frontier is working on developments outside of Paris, Illinois which we believe will reach Morecraft Subdivision - A need that came up at an Edgar County broadband meeting 10 IRHN is working on a plan to provide Lawrence County Hospital double their speed. A need brought up in an eteam meeting. Flat Rock Telephone will be upgrading their services due to new options for more bandwidth Two providers from our region applied for Gigabit Grants. 4/7/2016 Access 11 Access Working with the CCDA and the Robinson Palestine Water District, Joink was able to get access to a water tower to provide wireless Internet to a rural location 4/7/2016 12 Access Sue Randle of Hutsonville Jeff Fryman of Beecher City Justin Smith of Effingham Ed Thomas of Robinson Roger and Tammy Liston of Annapolis Vicki May of Trimble Kristen Noblitt of West Union 4/7/2016 13 Barbara Webster, Regional eTeam Coordinator 618-843-8433 [email protected] 4/7/2016 17