Posted on July 29th, 2009 by Bill Coleman
Earlier in July Bill Coleman gave his second broadband policy seminar of the summer for the Blandin Foundation. You can learn about the session from the Blandin on Broadband blog and/or check out the slides below.
Broadband Policy Workshop Mankato
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Posted on July 21st, 2009 by Bill Coleman
Bill Coleman has been working with Dakota Future on their broadband policy. They recently shared their draft broadband policy with the Ultra High-Speed Broadband Task Force. Dakota’s policy include the following principles:
Ubiquity and Quality
Affordable and Available Access
Competitive Marketplace
Government Role
Private Sector Role
Role of Content
Role of Collaboration
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Posted on July 16th, 2009 by Bill Coleman
Earlier this week, Bill Coleman gave a presentation to the MN Cable Communications Association to detail the strategy behind the application that Blandin Foundation is developing for ARRA funding. The focus is on the Sustainable Broadband project area. The goal is to bring together key Minnesota organizations to create a program that will fund a variety [...]
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Posted on July 13th, 2009 by Bill Coleman
It’s not too late to sign up for the Blandin Broadband Seminar in Mankato on Thursday. It’s the same session we did in Grand Rapids before last month’s Broadband Task Force meeting. It was well received there – and seemed to inspire at least a few folks to speak out at the Task Force meeting [...]
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Posted on July 6th, 2009 by Bill Coleman
Last week the NTIA and RUS unveiled the NOFA for broadband stimulus funding. As expected, it’s long and detailed but the instructions are also fairly straightforward.
The NTIA and RUS are hosting workshops around the country to help applicants learn more about the process and what is expected from a winning proposal. There will be a [...]
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