Amador County - ATCAA Central Sierra Connect, a regional project including Amador, Alpine, Calaveras, Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties, has completed work on an 18-month, $250,000 project to help rural counties gain 100 percent coverage for high speed internet and encourage wider use of technology by all residents. The project is funded by a grant from the California Emerging Technology Fund. “Ultimately, we all want high-speed Internet to be as universal as telephone service and easily accessible for all residents, including low-income, senior and disabled people,” said Project Manager Michelle Shelton, adding: “That is vital to the future of our communities.” Shelton will present the Amador County Board of Supervisors a project update and the Final Report and facilitate a community forum hosted by Volcano Communications to present a broadband update and survey information for Amador County residents. Currently, project leaders estimate about 45 percent of households in the region have access to high speed Internet, and many areas have only very high priced options available. An action plan was created to seek funding for a variety of projects including adding more Neighborhood Information Centers at libraries and other public sites, expanding telemedicine and improving the region’s “Infonet” websites for on-line “information and referral” services. Each county contributed time and funding to the project, and each will be able to develop its own more detailed plans for future projects using the data collected. The community forum to discuss this five-county project takes place next Tuesday, February 9th from 6 to 7 pm at the Amador Health and Human Services Building. More information is available online at www.centralsierraconnect.org. A TSPN TV Report This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Wednesday, 03 February 2010 00:45
Central Sierra Connect Helps Rural Counties Gain High-Speed Internet
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Amador County - ATCAA Central Sierra Connect, a regional project including Amador, Alpine, Calaveras, Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties, has completed work on an 18-month, $250,000 project to help rural counties gain 100 percent coverage for high speed internet and encourage wider use of technology by all residents. The project is funded by a grant from the California Emerging Technology Fund. “Ultimately, we all want high-speed Internet to be as universal as telephone service and easily accessible for all residents, including low-income, senior and disabled people,” said Project Manager Michelle Shelton, adding: “That is vital to the future of our communities.” Shelton will present the Amador County Board of Supervisors a project update and the Final Report and facilitate a community forum hosted by Volcano Communications to present a broadband update and survey information for Amador County residents. Currently, project leaders estimate about 45 percent of households in the region have access to high speed Internet, and many areas have only very high priced options available. An action plan was created to seek funding for a variety of projects including adding more Neighborhood Information Centers at libraries and other public sites, expanding telemedicine and improving the region’s “Infonet” websites for on-line “information and referral” services. Each county contributed time and funding to the project, and each will be able to develop its own more detailed plans for future projects using the data collected. The community forum to discuss this five-county project takes place next Tuesday, February 9th from 6 to 7 pm at the Amador Health and Human Services Building. More information is available online at www.centralsierraconnect.org. A TSPN TV Report This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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