Computer centers First 7 public computing centers open
Published: November 1, 2012
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ST. THOMAS - The territory's first seven public computer centers opened Wednesday.
The centers are operated by nonprofit groups and government agencies, with equipment provided through the federally funded broadband project.
The territory received a $3 million federal grant to build more than two dozen public computer centers to bring broadband access to people who might not be able to afford Internet service. With a local match of about $1.4 million, the funding totals $4.4 million.
V.I. Next Generation Network President and Chief Executive Officer Lawrence Kupfer said 28 sites have been finalized as centers.
At a board meeting Tuesday, the V.I. Next Generation Network approved the next set of contracts for the construction of the network.
The board approved about $2.3 million to All Rounder Systems to pull the fiber optic cable through the network once the infrastructure is built.
The Next Generation Network awarded two separate contracts to All Rounder Systems, one for about $1.2 million for St. Croix and one for about $1.1 million for St. Thomas.
- Contact Aldeth Lewin at 714-9111 or email alewin@dailynews.vi.
St. Croix
- Boys' and Girls' Clubs of the Virgin Islands
- Louis E. Brown Villas
- Walter I.M. Hodge Pavilion
- V.I. Labor Department
St. Thomas
- New Image Foundation
- V.I. Labor Department
- V.I. Resource Center For The Disabled
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