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10/23/2014
Out of Money, WV Broadband Council Ends 5-Year Run
After a five-year run, the West Virginia Broadband Deployment Council likely held its last meeting Wednesday, releasing a financial statement that showed a wireless Internet provider in Wheeling and an out-of-state consultant received the bulk of the council’s grants. StratusWave, which serves businesses and residential customers in West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle, picked up $2.2 million in grants, or 44 percent of the $5 million the council has distributed over the years. StratusWave received nine of the 11 grants funded by the council. The grant money is being used to expand high-speed Internet in West Virginia.
