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Broadband Initiative For Hispanic Business Owners Announced

SOURCE: Latino Business Review

CALIFORNIA HISPANIC CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE ANNOUNCES HISPANIC BUSINESS BROADBAND INITIATIVE

Wireless Work Funded By State in El Dorado County

SOURCE: El Dorado Hills Telegraph edhtelegraph.com

Broadband Internet Service the Goal in the Next 2 Years - A broadband boom in El Dorado County's remote rural pockets is not a far-fetched idea.

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A-TCAA Launches Five-County Internet Improvement Project

Source: www.ledger-dispatch.com

The Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency has secured a $250,000 grant from the California Emerging Technology Fund to help five rural Sierra counties improve high speed Internet access for all households and businesses.

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University of CA-Merced Launches Six Telemedicine Centers

Source: www.fierceHealthIT.com

Last week the University of California-Merced announced that it would be opening six telemedicine centers in underserved cities in the state's San Joaquin Valley. Right now, these sites are among the area's most rural and underserved communities, with one of the worst ratios of doctors to patients in the state at just one licensed physician for every 686 residents, compared with one physician for every 379 residents elsewhere.

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First Six Sites Announced for Telemedicine Project in San Joaquin Valley

Source: www.californiahealthline.org

On Thursday, UC-Merced officials announced that six telemedicine centers in underserved cities in the San Joaquin Valley will have access to medical specialists at UC-Merced using videoconferencing and other technology to facilitate remote consultations, the Stockton Record reports.

 

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ATCAA Wins Five County Technology Planning Grant

Source: ThePineTree.net

The Amador Tuolumne Community Action Agency (ATCAA) has secured a $250,000 grant from the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) to help five rural Sierra counties improve high speed Internet access for all households and businesses.

 

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Today at the 2008 Rural Connection Workshop in Redding

Source: Govtech.com

California, Connected Nation and the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) announced a partnership to support broadband acceleration efforts in California's rural regions.

 

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