@Link's New High Speed Internet Community Center Opens in the Former Shamrock, Oklahoma Municipal Building

September 7, 2011

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Public Ribbon Cutting and Reception September, 8, 2011 at 11 a.m.

SHAMROCK, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- With the aid of a grant from USDA Rural Utilities Service Telecommunications Program, @Link Services, LLC will cut the ribbon on the new @Link Cyber Community Center with free high-speed internet service, Thursday, September 8 at 11 a.m. in Shamrock, Oklahoma. The computer and community center building located at 101 East 5th Street in Shamrock, Oklahoma, near Drumright, was the City Hall for the former City of Shamrock.

The @Link Cyber Community Center will provide ten computers outfitted with the latest office software as well as high speed internet access. Visitors will also have access to printers and a trained staff of employees ready to assist novice or first time users in the use of the computers. Additionally, @Link Services will provide free, weekly computer training available to the public. @Link Services will begin offering fixed wireless services to homes and businesses in the areas surrounding Shamrock, Oklahoma including free service to the Shamrock Volunteer Fire Department.

Attorney Bill Sellers has been appointed by Creek County District Court, Bristow Division, as the Receiver for the property formerly owned by the city of Shamrock. His family has owned acreages in the area for years. “I was pleased to learn companies were interested in using the former City Hall building as opposed to it standing empty,” Sellers says. “I was even more pleased to learn that @Link was going to turn it into a community center with internet access, open for townspeople to use for work, study and leisure.”

@Link Services, LLC, branded @Link WiFi, is based in Oklahoma City and was selected from more than 300 applicants by the USDA to receive a Community Connect Grant for Shamrock, Oklahoma. @Link Services is an Oklahoma based internet service provider that focuses on providing high speed internet service in unserved and underserved areas throughout rural Oklahoma. The Community Center is one of several community centers in Oklahoma benefiting from the USDA Community Connect Grant Program. @Link Services has built an additional community center with the aid of the USDA on the New Lima Public Schools campus in Lima, OK, and soon to open Kildare Community Center located on the Kildare School campus, between Ponca City and Newkirk, Oklahoma.

“Access to high speed internet has become a necessity for rural residents and communities that want to compete in today’s economy,” Ryan McMullen, State Director of USDA Rural Development, says. “These type of investments help level the playing field for rural Oklahoma.”

“Like the USDA Community Connect program, @Link WiFi is dedicated to elevating the educational, fiscal and social opportunities in rural communities by enabling high-speed internet access,” Samual Curtis, President of @Link Services, LLC says. “We are thrilled that Shamrock was chosen as a grant recipient and will benefit from the availability of free computer workstations and high speed internet access."

About USDA Rural Development Community Connect

The USDA Rural Development Community Connect Program serves rural communities where broadband service is least likely to be available, but where it can make a tremendous difference in the quality of life for citizens. The projects funded by these grants will help rural residents tap into the enormous potential of the Internet.

USDA Rural Development's mission is to increase economic opportunity and improve the quality of life for rural residents. Rural Development has invested more than $76.8 billion since 2001 for equity and technical assistance to finance and foster growth in home ownership, business development, and critical community and technology infrastructure. More than 1.5 million jobs have been created or saved through these investments. For more information visit - www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/commconnect.htm.

About @Link WiFi

Owned and operated in Oklahoma City, @Link WiFi's quality-driven internet, WiFi and VoIP phone service is more than six years proven. @Link customers enjoy the fastest combined download and upload internet speeds in Oklahoma, local customer care representatives, and a network which is maintained locally by experienced company technicians. For more information visit: www.atlinkwifi.com or call (405) 753-7151.