These days, rural communities often face major challenges in accessing the informational resources that are more readily available in urban areas. The Internet has begun to level the playing field, but finding and implementing cost-effective solutions that open this incredible resource to smaller communities can be difficult. Eufaula has been very fortunate to have a number of generous, dedicated people who tackled this challenge head on. We would like to share our experience with you, our cyberfriends, with the hope that it might provide guidance to communities with similar needs and demography. An ethernet hub connects the library server and the networked PCs in the library.
Wireless sites have transceiver.
After months of hard work, the ETC is currently providing internet access to individuals through the local library, in the Eufaula area and individual supporters in the community. To act as a community resource providing internet access to the Eufaula Memorial Library, local government, institutions and individuals in the Eufaula area. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce, Friends of the Eufaula Memorial Library, Eufaula Memorial Library, Eufaula Public Schools, Oklahoma State University Extension Services-McIntosh County, American Indian Language Center, Inc., State National Bank, Eufaula City Government, Creek Nation Eufaula Boarding School, Mary Wendel, Robert and Rosemary Simpson, Mita Hedges, Robert Sunday, John and Mary Harkey, Jack Allcorn, Charles Linstead, and Helen Nitzband.