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OH MY I just got this off of DSLreports. Yep and have been for 9+ months. Here in Cincinnati we have CurreentLink from our local power co (Cinergy-CGE) which went from trial to full commercial roll-out in June 2004. I have the 2 Mps / 2 Mps service for $ 29. They offer various tiers of service which is more detailed at »www.current.net. It works much better than I thought it ever would! The up down speeds being the same is a first in our area (not including the old Northpoint/Covad disasters around here years past). I use an ethernet powerline adapter from Asoka (»www.asokausa.com). The wild thing is I can take my modem/adapter and visit a friends house or my office in the area and it works there! You can buy additonal (up to 4) modems and register their MAC address and use the service wherever they have in running - wild! Just plug into ANY outlet. Its something that eventually will get the attention of the cable/DSL camp! At home we still use a multi-WAN solution (Earthlink Cable 3 Mps - Zoomtown DSL 3 Mps/768 Kbps - CurrentLink Powerline 2 Mps/2 Mps through an Edimax 4 WAN port router) and I have the Powerline service on WAN port 1 as primary in the load balance setup. Thumbs up so far! We are thinking of dropping the Cable as its the priciest at $ 41.95? and going back to a Dual WAN solution.

^ he's right 3 mbps. Same as local cable, but you get 3 mbps upload too. The prices from what I saw was. $29 for 1 mbps up and down $34 for 2 mbps up and down $39 for 3 mbps up and down The price does not include the free month each year. And no taxes.

That what cinergy is offering. I'll be trying it out next week. The guy said it send a radio signal through the powerline. It's picked up by a little receiver hooked into any power outlet. This guy said I will get 3000 kbps upload too, along with 3000 kbps download. Which I find AMAZING.he said i'll have no more lag and I get the first month free to try out. If I stay on with them, they will give one month free every year for as long as I am a customer. He said i'll be one of the first in the country to have it..;)

"This is a town of best-kept secrets, where the thrill of a new discovery lies around every corner." -Travel + Leisure Magazine, November, 2004 Economy & Business Accolades • Home to 10 Fortune 500 headquarter firms and nine Fortune 1000 headquarter companies. In addition, another 400 Fortune firms have operations in Greater Cincinnati. • Expansion Management Magazine ranked Cincinnati USA No. 12 for Best Metro for European Investment and No. 16 Best Metro for Business Expansion, July 2004. • Site Selection Magazine named Cincinnati USA No. 8 of its Top Metros for New & Expanded Facilities, March 2004. • More than 1,000 firms engaged in international trade - ranking Greater Cincinnati 22nd nationally in total exports. • Fortune Magazine ranked Cincinnati 7th among the Top 15 Cities as Great Places to Live and Work. • Forbes Magazine calls the region one of the "Best Places for Business and Careers." • Business Development OUTLOOK Magazine names Cincinnati one of the top 25 "2000 Choice Cities" for business expansion or relocation. • The New York Times says, "Cincinnati exemplifies the cities driving the U.S. economy". • Employment Review and Outlook both listed Cincinnati among the Top 20 Best U.S. Cities in which to Live and Work. • Inc. Magazine ranked Cincinnati among the top 25 Large Metro Areas to Start a Business in Now. • Entrepreneur Magazine ranked Cincinnati 16th for entrepreneurship and #1 for “LowestFailure Rates”. • Yahoo Internet Life says Cincinnati is one of the Top Wired Cities in 2000 - ranking it 25th out of 50. • Sprint Business ranked Greater Cincinnati on their list of "Most Productive Cities in America"based on economic productivity composite index. • Sales & Marketing Management ranked Cincinnati 10th in its Top 20 Hottest Markets for Selling and Doing Business. Factors considered included population increases, retail sales,effective buying income, increase in building permits, unemployment rates, job growth, mix of industries, tax rates, number of corporate relocations and number of new corporations. • Dun & Bradstreet and Entrepreneur Magazine ranked Cincinnati 16th among large cities in its “Best Cities for Small Business.” • Dun & Bradstreet and Entrepreneur Magazine ranked Cincinnati 1st with the Lowest Business Bankruptcy Rates. Livability Accolades & Highlights • In its August 2004 issue, AmericanStyle magazine ranked Cincinnati No. 5 among its list of 26 top arts destinations, recognizing three of Cincinnati’s arts venues: the Contemporary Arts Center, the Cincinnati Art Museum’s recently opened Cincinnati Wing and the renovated Taft Museum of Art. • In April, 2004, Esquire Magazine ranked Cincinnati as seventh on its top 10 list of “Cities that Rock”. Cities were chosen based on the talent in their music scenes, venues and record stores. • In 2004 credit-card giant VISA ranked Cincinnati No. 10 in its list of the 50 most innovative cities. • Cincinnati is the fifth most literate city in the country out of 79 with populations of 200,000 or more, according to a study by Jack Miller, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. • Sporting News magazine names Cincinnati as the No. 1 college basketball city in America based on the quality of the University of Cincinnati and Xavier teams and their dedicated fans. • In a list compiled by Bert Sperling, creator of Money magazine’s annual “Best Places to Live” placed Cincinnati among the top 20 fun cities in the United States. • Newport Aquarium was named Zagat Survey's No. 1 aquarium in the Midwest and one of the 25 top-rated attractions in the country. • Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden ranked 13th of 50 national attractions in the 2004 Zagat Survey. • Cincinnati Art Museum tied with four museums for best art museum in the 2004 Zagat Survey. • Newport on the Levee topped the national list of malls and shopping centers in the 2004 Zagat Survey. • The Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal was chosen as one of the “10 great places to cherish choo-choo heritage” by USA TODAY in 2004. • USA TODAY in 2004 listed Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati as one of as one of the nation's “10 great beer festivals.” • Greater Cincinnati is ranked in the top ten by Fortune magazine as a great place tolive and work. • Special Millenium Edition of Places Rated Almanac ranked Greater Cincinnati seventh - the top 3% of metro areas. • Dubbed the “Queen City of the West” by Longfellow and called “America’s most beautiful inland city” by Churchill. • Study found that the average buying power in Cincinnati was eighth best in the nation. • Cincinnati’s Fine Arts Fund, the oldest in the nation, ranks among the top three in thecountry for total dollars raised by a united arts campaign. • World-renowned symphony orchestra, fifth oldest in the nation. • Cincinnati Opera – internationally acclaimed second oldest company in the U.S. • The May Festival, oldest choral music event in the Western Hemisphere. • One of the top five zoos in the U.S. and the second oldest. Renowned for breeding exotic animals and recently added Manatee Springs. Nation’s first and largest Insectarium. Most gorilla births of any zoo. • Paramount’s Kings Island – one of the top ten amusement parks in the nation. • The Newport Aquarium – in Newport, KY., with 11,000 creatures, the nation’s largest air shark viewing area and largest King Penguin collection. • Tall Stack – “top tourism event in 1999”. • Krohn Conservatory - one of the nation’s largest public greenhouses. • One of the largest municipal park systems of a major U.S. city. • Waynesville – the antique capital of the Midwest. • The public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County ranks third in the nation in total circulation. • The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park won the 2004 Regional Theatre Tony Award Healthcare Accolades & Highlights Medical firsts and other noteworthy successes highlight Greater Cincinnati’s medical history: • The first oral polio vaccine developed by Dr. Albert Sabin • The first medical laser laboratory, established by Dr. Leon Goldman • The first antihistamine - Benadryl by George Rievesche • The first pediatric eye institute • The first argon laser surgery in the U.S. • The first Pediatric Liver Care Center and the Prenatal Research Institute • The first heart-lung machine • The first use of YAG laser to remove brain tumors • The first hip replacement • The first Center for Environmental Genetics, funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Services • The first emergency medicine residency program • The first bachelor's degree program in nursing • The first medical center in the world to treat inoperable brain tumors and other tumors with new noninvasive LEXAR radiotherapy • Pioneering of skin grafting techniques; one of the first skin banks • Leader in the treatment of cancer and blood disorders in children • One of the most successful bond marrow transplant centers for children • Developed the Alcyon computer system to monitor the vital functions of high-risk newborns;only one its kind in the world • Developed a method for the preservation of whole blood • The Heimlich Maneuver to prevent choking, by Dr. Henry Heimlich • One of the world’s largest surgically-oriented vascular laboratories • One of five national sites for vaccine research of childhood diseases • Nationally recognized transplant program for heart, lung, liver, pancreas and kidney • Developer of the bubble oxygenator • World-renowned children's hospital - first in pediatric surgeries and third in research funding from National Institutes of Health. • Largest number of pediatric surgeries, emergency and outpatient visits • First in America to install a new type pacemaker designed to help people with heart failure • Launching of new world-class brain clinic – Neuroscience Institute • “Best Doctors in America” includes 112 faculty members from the College of Medicine • Discovery of a drug the reverses arthritis in laboratory animals and prevent septic shock and onset of diabetic symptoms • Developed method to measure brain damage Cincinnati Firsts • 1835 - First bag of airmail - lifted by a hot air balloon. • 1849 - First city in the U.S. to hold a municipal song festival - Saengerfest. • 1850 - First city in the U.S. to establish a Jewish hospital. • 1850 - First city in the U.S. to publish greeting cards - Gibson Greeting Card Company. • 1853 - First practical steam fire engine. First city to establish a municipal fire department and first firemen's pole. • 1869 - First city to establish a weather bureau. • 1869 - First professional baseball team - the Cincinnati Red Stockings, later known as theCincinnati Reds. • 1870 - First city in the U.S. to establish a municipal university - University of Cincinnati. • 1870 - First city to hold annual industrial expositions. • 1875 - First city to establish a Jewish theological college - Hebrew Union College. • 1880 - First city in which a woman, Maria Longworth Nichols Storer, began and operated a large manufacturing operation - Rookwood Pottery. • 1880 - First and only city to build and own a major railroad. • 1902 - First concrete skyscraper built in the U.S. - the Ingalls Building. • 1905 - Daniel Carter Beard founded the Sons of Daniel Boone, later known as the Boy Scouts of America. • 1906 - First university to offer cooperative education - University of Cincinnati. • 1935 - First night baseball game played under lights. • 1952 - First heart-lung machine - makes open heart surgery possible. Developed at Children's Hospital Medical Center • 1954 - First city to have a licensed Public television station - WCET TV. http://www.mostlivable.org/cities/cincinnati/home_acc_cinci.html

LOL@$85 one way trip in a car from Cincinnati to Cleveland. Where in the world did they get that number.

Actually I think Jungle Jims do. I seen the rail on the outside but I never went inside.

Kroger opens massive store in Anderson The Kroger Co. opened its largest area store today, and its most diverse, with a Starbucks, a jewelry store, a cosmetics counter and furniture. The 104,000-square-foot store anchors the former Beechmont Mall -- now Anderson Towne Center -- in Anderson Township. It replaces a 69,000-square-foot store across the street, which closed yesterday. © 2004 American City Business Journals Inc. http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2004/11/08/daily35.html

Actually The Cincinnati metro has more young people(college students) than the Columbus metro.

I would like to know when is the light rail portion of that option is supposed to start.

I wonder if this will give the 275 interchange all flyovers.

Here is a few things said about a store in Ohio. Behind the Blue Wall Oh, IKEA is Jen Funk Segrest, a web designer, part time medievalist and IKEA fanatic who lives near Cincinnati, Ohio. No room in her house is free of Ikea. Her living room and kitchen are swimming in it, and she drinks the ligonberry Koolaid proudly. Oh, IKEA is her little venture to get Ohio on the Ikea radar and to report any Ikea sightings and rumors for ohio. Hopefully once we GET an Ikea it will become a fan and news site as well with sales announcements and such. Press or anyone else, can contact the OHIKEA HQ at: Jen Funk Segrest 3217 Keays Ave Middletown, Ohio 45044 513-424-9202 [email protected] Posted by jen at June 1, 2004 11:48 PM | TrackBack Cømmënts Thåt Håve Bëën Mådë I live in Shaker Hts Ohio {a suburb of Cleveland} and this mornings 7/24/04 Saturday Cleveland Plain Dealer included a copy of the 2005 IKEA catalog with a white sticker on the front cover: "Cleveland Home Delivery starting at only $79.00". The catalog was inside a plastic green,brown and white IKEApromotional plastic bag. On the front of the bag "Read our new Catalog inside, then visit the IKEA store to see more!". On the back of the bag in black magic marker was written the word "sample". I have no idea what this may mean. The IKEA website shows nothing for a location in Ohio. Years ago I visited an IKEA store in Woodbridge Virginia and got hooked. Could this mailing be in anticipation of a store opening? Our Shaker Square area would be a perfect site for a new IKEA store. Posted by: Pat at July 24, 2004 04:03 PM The closest store to Cleveland is IKEA Pittsburgh, and I know a lot of other fans who make the drive a couple times a year. Posted by: IKEA Fan at August 3, 2004 09:54 PM I live in Northern Kentucky, actually in the greater Cincinnati loop. I have lived almost everywhere in the US and have found the Cincinnati area one of the WORST places to shop for house and home items. There are no options when it comes to shopping for variety, personality or character. Why the greater Cincinnati area is so bland is beyond me. We need IKEA for a creative perspective for shoppers as well as real competition for stores who continue to sell bland, unoriginal items. IKEA, where are you???? Posted by: want IKEA here YeSTERDAY! at August 8, 2004 02:31 AM Jen, I love your Oh,IKEA website. I'm crazy about IKEA as well, unfortunately I live in Columbus ohio, the nearest store is 3 hrs away. I wrote a whole bench letters to the IKEA, and told them how much WE, OHIO "LOVE" to have a IKEA store. I hope the IKEA will coming here SOON in the future!! you know what? I think maybe we can get up a petition or something, let the IKEA real hear ohio's voice. sue Posted by: su at August 9, 2004 03:27 PM I just complained to my wife that Chicago is getting a second IKEA, just 20 minutes south of Schaumburg (check the press releases on their web site) and that we here in Ohio seem to get nothing. I typed "ikea in ohio?" into Google and up came your web site. I am happy that there are like minded and dedicated Ikea fans ou there in this state. To put it in perspective, I am from Germany, IKEA shopper since, heck, the early 80s with now 3 IKEAs within 30 minutes driving distance from my German hometown. It is pretty tough to find decent modern furniture in this country and IKEA fills the void. I hope IKEA puts Ohio on its expansion list, rather than doubling up in areas already served by them. Posted by: Björn Kemper at August 12, 2004 09:23 PM I am so glad there's a group of people out there trying to lure Ikea ot Ohio! I make the drive to Pittsburgh several times a year. I can't believe they don't want to put one in Columbus. Imagine all the OSU students stocking up every fall! It's a central location that anyone in Ohio would drive to for Ikea. Although having one in Dayton/Cincy is clsoer to me.. :-) Posted by: Amy Maggart at August 17, 2004 04:20 PM I e-mailed IKEA few weeks ago, about opening a store in Columbus Ohio, here was the e-mail the IKEA reply me: Hello Su, Thank you for taking the time to contact us. Although we do our best to respond to all e-mails as quickly as possible, responses have been delayed due to technical difficulties. We do apologize for any inconvenience, and we appreciate your patience. We do recognize the potential customer base that exists for us in the sate of Ohio; however, with only 18 stores currently in the U.S., we have not committed to a timeframe for entering that market yet. Currently, our focus is on building new stores in markets where we already have a presence (Our economies of scale are what keep our prices so low). Your interest in IKEA coming to Columbus will be noted and forwarded to the appropriate department. Please feel free to check back with us at a later date, as we are still developing our plans for 2005, 2006, and 2007. You can also visit our website, to view a list of stores that are currently on our timeline: -New Haven, CT: Summer 2004 -Bloomington, MN: Summer 2004 -Philadelphia, PA: Summer 2004 -Tempe, AZ: Fall 2004 -Atlanta, GA: Summer 2005 We do hope that this information has been helpful, and we thank you for your inquiry. Best Regards, Ricqui IKEA Customer Care Center Posted by: su at August 18, 2004 04:28 PM In response to their reply, I wonder if they think listing Georgia or Connecticut will make us feel better?! I'm trying to keep the drive a little *under* 10-15 hours. COMING SOON...another for the greater Dortmund, Germany area...making it their 16th! Everyone, grab your driving gear! Let's go! Posted by: Kristina at August 26, 2004 01:55 PM My sister works at IKEA in San Diego and she said there is definately a LOT of talk about a new IKEA store in Ohio. I think the best place for it would be somewhere between Dayton and Cincinnati or Dayton and Columbus. Cleveland doesn't need it because Pittsburgh isn't all that far away, but those of us in SW Ohio are screwed being about 5 hours away from Chicago and Pittsburgh. (I've been to both and Chicago is so much bigger and better, but Pitt isn't so busy) I'll let you know if I get anymore inside scoop from the sis. Posted by: Heather at September 7, 2004 09:06 PM Glad to see I'm not the only one wishing for IKEA in Ohio, though I must disagree that Cleveland doesn't need one. Cleveland is the major east-west corridor midpoint between Chicago and New York. I think one of the big reasons that IKEA is focusing on existing markets is due to advertising. I work for a national retailer that likes to move into markets into pairs or threes. This way, we can put TV advertising on in the area, and it covers more than one store. Its like getting two for the price of one, and is a HUGE cost savings. This might be IKEA's strategy too. Even though I'm a little biased toward Cleveland being the first Ohio location, I can see the logic behind Columbus. The city already has a wonderful retail base, and IKEA would certainly add to the shopping attraction. I also can see how it would be great with OSU just down the street. Maybe if we all keep e-mailing IKEA they will get tired of hearing from us and start building here! (HA, well its worth a try anyway).

Cincy is lucky to have 2 skylines across from one another.

Hmm how would this work isn't most interchanges almost an mile apart except in the inner cities?

It happens in the city of Cincinnati all the time. No different than the suburbs..lol People pay taxes for schools even if they dont' have kids.

I'm all about getting what you want and where you want it, not what a commissioner wants. I'm all about the white picket fence..;) If anything though if there is problems with not enough money to build schools. Just raise real estate taxes.Everyone is in it together so raise fees for everyone not just the new people.

I know ..I never knew that. I would like to see the hill they had used.

The Empire state building was completed in 14 months..;) Now that's amazing.

WOW I didn't know it was taller than the ones in Philly.

I'm glad DHL didn't leave the region. This is good news for Clinton county

I know they are not going to lose anyone, but if taxes keep going up and they imposse a fee of 10-20k per lot.Then you will see people looking at other counties to live instead of Warren. Traffic was just awful Thursday. I left mason at 7.:28 am and didn't get to Clifton until 8:35 am.

You know do they want to haev growth or lose people..I think I would rather have growth.

Is it on the ballot next tuesday?

Why does it take two months for a study, when it could take 5 mins to call another city that has the ban already. To see how much it has affected businesses.

DAYTON, Ohio - Bicycle maker Huffy Corp. said Wednesday it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the wake of widening losses. Huffy cited liquidity issues and losses associated with some Canadian operations among the reasons it needs protection from creditors as it seeks to reorganize. ...

If it takes 30 years to add 400k to the metro, either estimates are way off or Cincinnati is still conservative with any growth estimates.