04/30/2013 BCCB, CANs, CCI, Chippewa Valley by j.smith
I saw lots of folks at the annual WiscNet FTC conference this past week, that was great to see as there is surely much chat about Community Area Networks (CANs). I’ve been presenting and/or on a discussion panel at FTC for many years now in regards to Community Area Networks and talking about our developments [...]
[...] READ MORE »04/02/2013 BCCB, CANs, CCI, Chippewa Valley by j.smith
It has been quite some time since my last update and I promise you it has not been because we have had nothing going on with the grant, it has been just the opposite. We only have a few months left to the deadline of our grant and there is still much to do, everyone [...]
[...] READ MORE »03/25/2013 BCCB, Chippewa Valley, Education, Event, Rural Broadband, Training, Wisconsin by j.smith
“Transforming Lives & Communities” describes the work of the University of Wisconsin Colleges and UW-Extension presented in the online 2012 Annual Report at http://annualreport2012.uwex.uwc.edu/. Through stories and videos, more than 40 students, learners, clients and participants explain how UW-Extension or UW Colleges helped transform their lives, businesses or communities. The report also features an illustrated [...]
[...] READ MORE »12/18/2012 BCCB, CANs by j.smith
The Legislative Audit Bureau today released its report on “UW System’s Role in WiscNet and Grant-Funded Networks.” The full 97-page document is posted here: Included in that report (and linked here as a separate PDF) is the UW System’s management response. Also today, UW initiated the process of procuring Research and Education Network Infrastructure and Services. In [...]
[...] READ MORE »12/10/2012 BCCB, CANs, CCI, Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin by j.smith
This week was one of much paperwork with budgeting and equipment ordering being a large piece of it. Our budget is still in order and is looking to be a little short in a couple areas but balancing out with a little surplus in others. As of right now we are still on target even [...]
[...] READ MORE »12/04/2012 BCCB, CANs, CCI, Chippewa Valley, Rural Broadband, Wireless by j.smith
Fiber construction is still in progress with underground construction being completed in Rice Lake and all the way to Fairchild. They have almost all the environmentally monitored areas completed by Beaver Creek Reserve and Wilson Tower. We did get final agreement from US Fish & Wildlife that our construction plans for these environmental areas are [...]
[...] READ MORE »11/20/2012 BCCB, CANs, CCI, Event, Superior by j.smith
The organizational meeting of the Superior Community Area Network (CAN) was held yesterday. All member organizations have executed the Agreement of Association, and the registration is on its way to the Department of Financial Institutions. Members of the Association will be working actively in coming weeks to select and purchase the equipment needed to activate [...]
[...] READ MORE »11/19/2012 BCCB, CANs, CCI, Chippewa Valley by j.smith
Antennas are going up in Eau Claire!!! Underground fiber construction in Spooner is complete except splicing and getting under the bridge on the ATV trail. A plow rig headed for Fairchild picked up their 2nd fiber roll of 20,000’ yesterday so they are over 4 miles in that direction. Rice Lake construction is at WITC [...]
[...] READ MORE »11/13/2012 BCCB, CANs, CCI, Chippewa Valley by j.smith
What beautiful construction weather we’ve been blessed with the past week, next week we’ll feel a short burst of freeze and then a little warmer. That short burst will again remind us that we are very close to the end of our construction season. The underground equipment used for boring uses a mixture of water [...]
[...] READ MORE »11/05/2012 BCCB, CANs, Education, Platteville, Training, Wisconsin by j.smith
The Platteville Wisconsin Senior Center has received a grant from the Wisconsin Public Service Commission to add ZoomText software in their center. ZoomText can be used by visually impaired-computer users to make email and research easier. The Center’s keyboards and laptop keyboards also have high contract, large print letters and numbers. The grant was awarded [...]
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