[RTC List] Local Internet Project Wins Education Award

[Larry Goldberg]

This is great news.  Congratulations.

Now, will someone please tell me what is the aggregate demand for  
broadband services in this area?  I would like to know:
a) peak demand by time of day
b) peak demand by month (or quarterly)
c) average demand
d) geographic breakdown of demand (Eureka, Arcata, unincorporated  
areas, etc...)
e) demand projections for next 10 years and projected growth rate

I don't understand if we can know the peak electrical demand from  
PG&E, a publicly regulated utility, why we can't get the actual and  
projected demand for bandwidth from other publicly regulated  
utilities?  Since public money is soon going to be pouring into  
meeting our demand, we should know what the demand projections are.   
Will someone please answer this question.  Thank you.

On Feb 5, 2009, at 1:25 PM, Tina Nerat wrote:

> For NEWS, click on http://now.humboldt.edu
>
>                                                            Local  
> Internet Project Wins Education Award
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> “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.”
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Paul Mann
> News & Information
> 707/826-5105/psm7001 at humboldt.edu
>
>
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