Wi-Fi Done Right
Executives from a biotech firm walk into a Zoning Committee hearing to present plans for millions in new construction and new high-paying tech jobs for Toledo. There are some questions asked, and the CEO is
embarrassed that she cannot even access its Web site, let alone additional data, as Toledo City Council chambers lacks wireless connectivity to the Internet.
From The Toledo Free Press, January 11, 2008
Martin Commends FCC Record on Minority Issues
Kevin Martin says FCC actions during his tenure have helped close the “digital divide” for minorities.
From Radio World Newspaper Online, January 11, 2008
Schools turning broadband into cash
Three local educational institutions have discovered they are sitting on the telecommunications equivalent of beachfront property, and they're about to cash in - to the tune of more than $100 million over 30 years.
From JSOnline.com, January 10, 2008
America's Most Wired Cities
Pop quiz: What's America's most wired city? You might guess someplace in Silicon Valley, Los Angeles or San Diego. East Coast fans might bet on New York or even Chicago.
But you've got to head south.
For the second year in a row, Atlanta tops Forbes.com's survey of America's most wired cities in the U.S.
From Forbes.com, January 10, 2008
Reader Tech Ideas: Disability aids, Sensors in Bloodstream
(CNN) -- Technology is always changing and improving, but CNN.com readers say these changes may need to take different forms and focus on different things.
From CNN, January 10, 2008
New Satellite Promises Better Broadband
NEW YORK (AP) — A satellite due to launch in three years promises to expand high-speed Internet services to rural Americans who cannot get access through cable or phone companies.
From The Associated Press, January 10, 2008
Powered by Microsoft's Nearly $1 Million Investment, Operation HOPE Narrows the Digital Technology Divide
Operation HOPE's (HOPE) demonstrated ability to make technology and technology skills more accessible to the masses has resulted in Microsoft providing $895,000 in software, curriculum and technology assistance, and a cash grant investment to the nonprofit.
From Fox Business, January 09, 2008
700 MHz AWS Spectrum for Rural Access
The upcoming 700 MHz auction creates an opportunity to create a cost-effective way to bridge the digital divide to the nation's rural communities. However, this radio access spectrum is useless without an equally cost-effective backhaul solution to connect it to the rest of the World Wide Web.
From Wireless Week, January 09, 2008
Town Finally Gets Phones
One hundred thirty-two years since Alexander Graham Bell's famous invention and as much of the country goes wireless, Iowa Hill is finally getting good old-fashioned land line telephone service.
From Chicago Tribune, January 09, 2008
New England Telehealth Consortium Receives Federal Health Care Grant
Maine Governor John E. Baldacci congratulated the New England Telehealth Consortium today for receiving a $24.6 million Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rural health care grant.
From Government Technology, January 07, 2008
