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Broadband By The People, For The People

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Published Date: 
May 24 2012

Source: City on a Hill Press

A 65-foot flatbed truck filled with computers offering free Internet access to migrant laborers is one project among many aimed at promoting universal broadband access along the Central Coast. The group behind it is the Central Coast Broadband Consortium (CCBC), which aims to bridge the "digital divide" in Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey counties.

Redwood Coast Connect

Project:
California Broadband Demand Aggregation Project

Made broadband available to all rural communities in Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, and Trinity Counties through assessing and mapping the needs of users, engaging telecom providers, and simplifying policies.

1st Assembly District, Wesley Chesbro
2nd Senate District, Noreen Evans
1st Congressional District, Michael Thompson

Radio Bilingue

Project:
Broadband Awareness and Adoption

Radio Bilingue reaches into farmworker communities in the interior of the state, a region with one of the lowest per-capita rates for broadband penetration and access in California.  It is reaching 60,000 listeners, broadcasting 111 hours of live call-in programs, and assisting 2,000 callers.

31st Assembly District, Henry T. Perea
16th Senate District, Michael J. Rubio
9th Congressional District, Devin G. Nunes

 

Chico State University Foundation

Project:
The Northeastern California Connect

Working to expand broadband service throughout the rural unserved counties including Siskiyou, Modoc, Shasta, Lassen, Tehama, Butte and Plumas Counties through the aggregation of users, engagement of the providers and potential users, simplification of the county and municipal policies and outreach to the unserved members of the community.

2nd Assembly District, Jim Nielsen
3rd Assembly District, Dan Logue
1st Senate District, Ted Gaines
4th Senate District, Doug La Malfa
2nd Congressional District, Walter Herger

 

Telemedicine: Will it Bridge the Provider Gap?

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Published Date: 
Nov 23 2010

Source: Renal Business Today

Video Diagnosis Enabling San Joaquin General to Expand

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Published Date: 
Nov 3 2010

Source: Recordnet.com

FRENCH CAMP - Telemedicine, the use of a secure video link by a medical specialist in one location to examine the condition of a patient in another location, is taking hold at San Joaquin General Hospital.In a big way. With a limited number of physician specialists available 24 hours a day, the county's public hospital has been able to expand its services in such areas as neurology, dermatology and critically important eye examinations for diabetic patients.

Closing the Digital Divide

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Published Date: 
Oct 6 2010

Source:  Redwood Times

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 CCRP was the moderator.

Supervisors Support Effort to Expand Broadband

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Published Date: 
Jun 9 2010

Source: Lake County News

Over the past year, several Internet service providers have asked the county for support letters to pursue stimulus funds to expand broadband service into the county's unserved, and underserved, areas, Logsdon explained, noting that such areas exist in every supervisorial district in the county.

High-Speed Internet Use, Need Varies

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Published Date: 
Jun 1 2010

Source: Contra Costa Times

Rural pockets of Northern California are not hot-beds of Internet use, nor do they want to be, according to a federally funded study recently released.

A surprising number of respondents to a survey are sure they can live without the Internet, and aren't very interested in enhancing broadband service, especially if they have to pay for it.

A-TCCA Completes 5 County Technology Planning Grant

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Published Date: 
Feb 5 2010

Source: ledger-dispatch.com

Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency Central Sierra Connect, a regional project including Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa and Tuolumne counties, has completed work on an 18-month, $250,000 project funded by a grant from the California Emerging Technology Fund.

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