What a difference a paragraph makes: Ohio Broadband

So there it is: backbone, anyone?

Authorizing Connections to the Broadband Ohio Network.

Because a primary goal of updating the State’s data network services is to ensure that there is viable access to superior broadband services in all parts of Ohio, including access for non-state entities, I am directing the Broadband Council to authorize connections to the Broadband Ohio Network, when it becomes available, to both governmental and non-governmental entities.

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland

Discussion (wear your aluminum hat) at slashdot and the Massachusetts $25 Million rural broadband funding initiative covered at broadbandreports.com.