New @Link Cyber Community Center Opens on the Kildare Elementary School Campus

September 22, 2011

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Public Ribbon Cutting and Reception September 22, 2011 at 11 a.m.

PONCA CITY, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- @Link Services, LLC will cut the ribbon for their new public @Link Cyber Community Center on the Kildare School Campus – near Ponca City, Okla. – this Thursday, Sept. 22^nd at 11 a.m. Residents near the area are welcome to attend. The newly built @Link Cyber Community Center will offer free high-speed Internet service, 10 computer stations and proctors to help new users of the world wide web. The cyber community center building is located next door to the Kildare Elementary School, 1265 Church Street, Ponca City, Okla. 74604.

The new @Link Cyber Community Center is the result of a Community Connect grant from USDA Rural Utilities Service Telecommunications Program for which @Link Services, LLC was chosen to create and manage the center and provide high speed internet to Kildare, Okla. In addition to the new computers and broadband Internet connections, visitors will 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 internet services to homes and businesses in the area including free WiFi service to Kildare School and the Kildare Volunteer Fire Department.

@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 Kildare, Okla. @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, Okla., and in Shamrock, Okla., near Drumright.

“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 Kildare 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.