Presenting an overview on the status of high-speed broad band in Lake County, the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) and the Center for Economic Development at California State University, Chico (CED), will present a workshop on Friday, Oct. 15, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at [...]
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The forum was sponsored by the Redwood Technology Consortium (RTC), Redwood Coast Rural Action, Redwood Region Economic Development Commission (RREDC) and the California Center for Rural Policy (CCRP). Rollin Richmond, the president of Humboldt State University, opened the proceedings and Connie Stewart, Executive Director of [...]
It's a Monday morning and five middle-aged Latino adults are gathered in the modest computer lab at the Nevin Community Center in Richmond. As they concentrate on their assignment, retyping an article from The New Yorker magazine, the room is quiet save for the hesitant [...]
The California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) received its second Broadband Recovery Act grant with its “Access to Careers and Technology” project. NTIA gave CETF a grant for $7,108,181 to place unemployed persons in information technology industry jobs by providing outreach, training, and services to at [...]
The Commerce Department on Monday announced the last of its more than $4 billion in stimulus grants for the expansion of broadband Internet lines. The program, as part of the Recovery Act, was meant to jump-start the economy and provide the underlying technology needed for [...]
California has reached 97 percent broadband deployment and could hit its statutory target of 98 percent by the end of 2015. Although broadband service is available, not all residents are able to afford it. For residents of small communities and older neighborhoods with clunky broadband [...]
California is tweeting and Skype-ing at breakneck speed, moving too fast for many people and leaving them on the wrong side of what sociologists call a digital divide. Last week, the county Board of Supervisors voted to support a statewide effort to close that gap, [...]
The California Telehealth Network is an effort to create the nation's largest health care IT wireless infrastructure so doctors can monitor patients remotely, particularly patients in rural areas. Read More>>>
It might come as a surprise that in California - home of Silicon Valley -- there are still communities without access to high-speed Internet. But the state's geographic diversity -- from desert to mountain to coastal terrains -- poses challenges for broadband providers, leaving more [...]
Urban underserved communities, rural areas, and many Indian tribes still face a large gap in broadband access. Vice President Joe Biden announced, on Wednesday, August 18, the federal government added more grant funds for the slow growth communities. San Diego has not readied its full [...]