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 »12/10/2012 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 »11/19/2012 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, CCI, Chippewa Valley, Education, Wisconsin by j.smith
One of the most terrific parts of our WI BTOP grant was that it tore down “silos” and brought together so many disparate stakeholders—education, libraries, municipalities, state, health care and others—that would not have otherwise collaborated in the public interest. Getting the story out about broadband and putting a “face” on fiber and on our [...]
[...] READ MORE »11/02/2012 BCCB, CANs, CCI, Chippewa Valley by j.smith
Our fiber construction crews are still finishing up to the north with one working in Spooner and another in Rice Lake. Since our release in Eau Claire county we have been quite busy getting back to work right here as well. In Eau Claire county we headed towards Fairchild with a plow rig to get [...]
[...] READ MORE »10/22/2012 BCCB, CANs, Chippewa Valley by j.smith
I finally have the TREMENDOUSLY AWESOME news that we’ve been waiting for…. We are again able to work in Eau Claire and Clark counties!!! We first received our stop work order on June 29th that encompassed the complete project statewide, on August 15th we were released to work in all counties except Eau Claire and [...]
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