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Program Snapshot
Broadband Expansion for the Region
High speed Internet for dispersed rural communities
- Objective
- Provide high speed Internet for the small towns and unincorporated areas of the region, using Federal Stimulus funds and/or County Office of Education Funds to make services available to local school districts and community colleges.
- These Internet services could then be made available to local cities, which could distribute high-speed Internet access broadly to the community, at low-cost or free.
- Outcomes
- Targeted launch 2010-12.
- History
- Planning 2009.
- Collaborations
- Firebaugh Community Technology Collaborative.
- Fresno County Office of Education.
- Fresno County Housing Authority.
- Discounts available to collaborators (CalNet 80% discount to Housing Authority; EdTech 90% discount to public education.)
- Funding Sources
- Fresno County Office of Education.
- Federal Stimulus Funds (ARRA), if qualified.
- CalNet/EdTech discounts.
- Fees
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- Free to educational institution.
- Low cost service to cities.
- Low cost or free to local residents and businesses.
- Enrollment
- Open to educational institutions.
- By contract to cities.
- By contract from cities to residents and businesses.