Posts Tagged Technology
Case: Ave Maria Smart Campus
Posted by bbossert in Broadband, Building Information Modeling, Economy on October 22nd, 2009
Introduction:
Ave Maria is a town 20 minutes east of Naples and then 10 minutes south basically in the middle of the swamps. We all know about the success story of Domino’s pizza. Well the guy who started Dominos got tired of collecting airplanes apparently up in cold Michigan, and decided to create a town with a Christian values from scratch. A friend of mine contacted me and asked me to come down and meet Bryan Mehaffey who this post will discuss frequently. I had heard stories about how Ave Maria was a show case for Smart Building design. So both Mark Hewitt and I got in the car and made the trek from Sarasota Read the rest of this entry »
First Round of Funding Nets and Overwhelming Response
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband on August 29th, 2009
The numbers are in: 2,200 applications are requesting $27.6 billion in Round One of broadband stimulus funding.
The problem: There’s only $4.3 billion available.
With an excess of $23.3 billion in requests it is not going to be pretty.
According to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), applications were submitted by a diverse range of applicants, including state, local and tribal governments; Read the rest of this entry »
Round One Broadband Stimulus is Done
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband on August 19th, 2009
The bell has sounded on round one of the Broadband Stimulus application process the doors closed Friday (August 14th, 2009) at 5:00 pm with an extension for electronic filing until this Thursday (August 20th, 2009) at 5:00 pm. Round two has already begun with a plethora of anticipated improvements in both the process and definitions. It may be important to remember that when Obama set the FCC in motion to stimulate the advancement of Broadband in our country it was to place us “Second to none” where today we at best might be ranked at 20th in the world for speed, affordability, and access to Read the rest of this entry »
A Call to Action
Posted by jonathonhewitt in Broadband on February 28th, 2009
On December 2, 2008, in an unprecedented display of consensus, a broad and diverse array of groups concerned about America’s broadband future released a Call to Action that provided President-elect Obama and the incoming Congress a policy framework for a comprehensive national broadband strategy.
The Coalition includes prominent communications providers, high technology companies, manufacturers, consumers, labor unions, public interest groups, educators, state and local governments, utilities, content creators, Read the rest of this entry »