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Ice Storm February 2023

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Hopefully, everyone survived the ice storm. From speaking with some members, members experienced internet and power outages for many hours. According to news reports, in Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and New York, high winds and freezing rains left some 900,000 homes and businesses without power on Thursday morning, according to Poweroutage.us. ComEd worked to restore power for over 23,000…

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Woodstock Fire/Rescue District not hooked up to the Consortium’s Fiber Network

Our Public Interest Director, David Gutowsky, spoke with the Chief Michael Hill of the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District at the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chamber Mixer on Wednesday, February 20th, 2019. Chief Hill delivered a presentation on the need for the upcoming referendum. At the end of the Mixer, David had asked Chief Hill if the District had…

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McHenry Consortium partners with small ISPs to provide service to large and medium-sized businesses in Woodstock, IL

Back in 2013, five government agencies, including City of Woodstock, Woodstock Community Unit School District #200, McHenry County, and McHenry County College, agreed to work together to form the McHenry County Broadband Fiber Network Consortium, which took on a $2.1 million project to build 15 miles of high-speed fiber-optic communication network mostly in Woodstock to 21 sites (Figure 1)….

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McHenry County Broadband Fiber Network Consortium

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In 2013, McHenry County along with the Emergency Telephone Systems Board, City of Woodstock, Woodstock Community Unit School District #200, and McHenry County College agreed to work together to form the McHenry County Broadband Fiber Network Consortium, which took on a $2.1 million project to build a high-speed fiber-optic communication network. Their project was to lay 15 miles of…

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