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02/17/12
Connect Nevada Releases USF Mobility Fund Eligibility Maps & Analysis
Ensuring ubiquitous availability of next-generation mobile broadband networks is critical to economic development and growth. Recognizing this importance, the Federal Communications Commission later this year will distribute $300 million in subsidies to support the construction of high-speed mobile broadband networks in areas that do not currently have mobile broadband access. Today, Connect Nevada is releasing an analysis of the FCC’s preliminary list of areas in Nevada that are eligible for the FCC’s Mobility Fund. On February 10, 2012, the FCC released a list of areas in Nevada census blocks that it had determined do not currently have...
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02/03/12
Connect Nevada Sprouts Southern Roots
Connect Nevada’s mission of spreading broadband access, adoption, and use across the state is now sprouting some firm southern roots. State Program Manager Lindsey Niedzielski and staff Community Technology Advisor Ariel Martinez recently wrapped up a four-day tour across Lincoln, Nye, Esmeralda, and Clark counties in the southern part of the state. Some initial meetings with rural communities were also held in order to start assessing local community assets toward gaining the Connected community certification and the formation of local technology planning teams. Meetings included talks of future public computing centers as well as digital...
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01/31/12
Connect Nevada Releases Updated Broadband Availability Estimates
Connect Nevada has released broadband availability estimates at the statewide and county levels using the most recently published 2010 Census household data. These availability estimates reveal that 1% of Nevada households do not have access to basic broadband service of at least 768 Kbps downstream and 200 Kbps upstream. In addition, the data show that 2.7% of Nevada households do not have access to higher speeds of at least 3 Mbps downstream and 768 Kbps upstream. Broadband data gathered and submitted to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for inclusion on the National Broadband Map in October 2011 were...
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01/25/12
Broadband Map Goes Mobile
Great news today in our efforts to bridge the digital divide: We now have the ability to access the national broadband map on mobile devices! What does it mean for Connect Nevada? As we work with communities, organizations, and local providers to assess broadband needs, we use the national broadband map to help examine what areas lack availability and how we, along with our partners, can go about bringing more broadband options to those areas. We're also very excited about our efforts to help build this map by contributing our own research and data to the project. We encourage you to check out the new functionality at www....
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