[RTC List] Local Internet Project Wins Education Award

[William Van Hefner]

Tina,

Exactly, where is this "high-bandwidth, high-capacity Internet system"?
The title "Innovations in Networking for Gigabit Broadband Applications"
would seem to imply that someone here has access to 1+ Gigabits/Second of
Internet capacity. Is that really a Gigabit of Internet capacity, or of
LAN capacity? I can't think of anyone around here who has access to that
much bandwidth. It would be something like the equivalent of 750+ T1's, if
my math is correct.

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William Van Hefner - President
Vantek Communications, Inc.
e-mail: vantek at humboldtonline.com



On Thu, February 5, 2009 1:25 pm, Tina Nerat wrote:
> For NEWS, click on http://now.humboldt.edu
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> Local Internet
> Project Wins Education Award
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> Arcata - Redwood Coast Connect, the pilot project partnered by Humboldt
> State University to spur high speed broadband service in the four-county
> region, has been recognized for its achievements by the state agency that
> oversees Internet resources for higher education.
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> Redwood Coast Connect will be honored for "Innovations in Networking for
> Gigabit Broadband Applications" at a conference in Long Beach on March 10
> hosted by the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California
> (CENIC). It operates a high-bandwidth, high-capacity Internet system
> tailored to education's unique requirements.
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> "Being recognized by CENIC is a high honor because it has been advocating
>  along with us for fiber route diversity," said Tina Nerat of Neratech, a
>  Humboldt company that specializes in business solutions through
> information technology. "CENIC has kept the North Coast on the state's
> broadband radar for the past seven years," she said, "and it continues to
> keep us on the state's radar with this award. It recognizes how important
> Redwood Coast
> Connect findings are to rural California."
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> The findings measure demand for broadband service across Del Norte,
> Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity Counties. The four are the first counties
> in the state to track and demonstrate substantial and growing demand for
> rural broadband services in un-served and underserved communities. Redwood
> Coast
> Connect is documenting the strong need for Internet infrastructure
> throughout the region in a bid to attract investment from service
> providers.
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> Humboldt State, in partnership with Redwood Coast Rural Action, secured
> $500,000 from the California Emerging Technology Fund and a consortium of
> regional financiers to underwrite Redwood Coast Connect. "The University's
>  role in the analysis of regional broadband needs is part of a broad and
> continuing effort to involve students in key rural issues as they pursue
> their higher education," President Rollin Richmond said.
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> Proponents say full-scale Internet services would help to shore up the
> region's sagging economy, fueling economic development, providing better
> health care and generating jobs and growth for agriculture, ranching,
> Native
> American tribes, green initiatives, educators and niche companies eager to
>  pursue state, national and export markets.
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