Press Releases
Miami Utilizes OARnet Service for Dalai Lama Visit
This fall, Miamie University welcomed His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet to the stage at Millett Hall
(December 8, 2010) - This fall, Miami University welcomed His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet to the stage at Millett Hall. Before greeting the Tibetan state and spiritual leader, Miami had to make certain its bandwidth could handle whatever amount of press coverage the speech might garner.
OARnet Member Rio Grande Community College Supports OMMC Goals
The University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College is proudly participating in several new projects that will bring more high-speed Internet capabilities to the campus and to the people and businesses of the region
Editor's Note: OARnet member Rio Grande Community College, working with OMMC partner Horizon Telcom, is extending its fiber-optic infrastructure to surrounding regions of Ohio. Students, businesses and health care will benefit from the higher bandwidth. This story has been reprinted with permission from the University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College.
Ohio Receives Additional $111.3 Million in Broadband Recovery Act Awards
Strickland announces grant for extending broadband access in Ohio
Zayo joins Com Net, OARnet and multiple last-mile providers on GigE Plus project to extend network reach and broadband to underserved communities in Ohio
Zayo Bandwidth, a national provider of fiber-based bandwidth infrastructure solutions, will participate in the construction of 424 route miles
Columbus, OH (July 2, 2010)
Ohio Middle Mile Consortium partner awarded $30 million for broadband stimulus grant
Com Net, Inc., awarded federal stimulus funding that will add almost 700 miles of broadband fiber to rural and underserved communities in western Ohio
Columbus, Ohio (July 2, 2010) - The Ohio Middle Mile Consortium announced today that Com Net, Inc., a founding member, has been awarded federal stimulus funding that will add almost 700 new miles of broadband fiber to rural and underserved communities throughout western Ohio.
OARnet Hosting ESCC/Internet2 Summer Joint Techs Meeting
Columbus, Ohio (June 16, 2010) - The Ohio Academic Resources Network (OARnet) is hosting the Summer 2010 Joint Techs, a premier international conference of network engineers, from July 11-15, 2010, at The Ohio State University's new Ohio Union in Columbus, Ohio.
Ohio experts to speak at Internet2 Fall Member Meeting; Presentations available via live streaming video
Leaders of Ohio Academic Resources Network and its member schools are sharing their valuable expertise with participants
Columbus, Ohio (Nov. 1, 2010) - Leaders of the Ohio Academic Resources Network (OARnet) and its member schools are sharing their valuable expertise with participants at the Internet2 Fall Member Meeting, Nov. 1-4, 2010, in Atlanta. For those who can't make it to the meeting, several of the presentations are being offered to the general public via live streaming video. They include:
Dublin named among world's top 'intelligent communities'
OARnet helps city access supercomputer center, other key resources
Columbus, Ohio (February 2, 201) - The City of Dublin, home to the Central Ohio Research Network, recently was named a Top Seven Intelligent Community in a think tank’s annual list of smart cities.
Partnership delivers Internet2 to Marshall U. through OARnet
Powerful network connections supports regional research, education, healthcare
Columbus, Ohio (January 29, 2010) - Marshall University students, faculty and staff members now have access to the nation’s premier research and education network through a partnership with OARnet, Ohio’s statewide research and education network.
Internet2® is an ultrafast, nationwide networking consortium that connects close to 70,000 research and educational institutions in the U.S. and interconnects with 80 international research networks worldwide.
TechColumbus names OARnet 'Innovation Award' semifinalist
TechColumbus recently announced that OARnet is a semifinals for the 2009 TechColumbus Innovation Awards
Columbus, Ohio (December 15, 2009) -TechColumbus recently announced that the Ohio Academic Resources Network (OARnet) is a semifinalist for the 2009 TechColumbus Innovation Awards, to be presented February 4, 2010.
