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| East Texas Rural Broadband Community Co-operative Program | | | WHITESPACE BROADBAND INTERNET DEFINED
Just what is White Space? This coming June all over-the-air television stations are required to switch off their ANALOG transmission and go to all digital programming. The transmission frequency required to transmit digital information (1's and 0"s) is much smaller than that needed for analog transmission. The ANALOG space left over when each channel goes digital is called White Space and is managed under rules determined by the FCC
The left over analog channel space has been set up by the FCC for use as unlicensed frequencies which means it can be freely used by the public. Because of the possibility of interference with broadcast digital signals, the FCC has attached rules for the use of the unlicensed frequency space. Vendors who create products capable of using this free space must meet strict requirements as they develop their products. The advantage of white space frequency is its ability to penetrate obstacles such as walls. Because the internet is a two way communication medium, the further away a transmit - receive combination, the more power it take to communicate. The shorter the distance, less power is needed. In the white space world, less power mean less equipment, and less equipment means lower setup cost. |
| RURAL CO-OPERATIVE PROPOSAL
High speed internet is easily accessible for those who live in close proximity to most cities with larger populations. Rural access opportunities drop off greatly once the boundaries of a town's services is exceeded. Fortunately there are internet access options available to most Americans, unfortunately they are expensive and beyond the budgets of most rural households.
By developing Community Co-ops, households within the range of a White Space transmitter (about 5 miles) can organize to develop their own broadband network. The initial setup is a little more complicated then described and does require trained technicians to set up the and manage the network. Current hardware products that distribute broadband signal are relatively durable and do not require constant maintenance to operate properly.
With White Space broadband, the equipment needed to setup a transmitter is more affordable because of the ability to penetrate objects reduces the need for tall towers for the transmitter. The costs of less for customers because less equipment is need to communicate back to the transmitter. The biggest expense is a high speed connection to the transmitter, such as a T1 or T3 connection.
The purpose of the Rural Broadband Co-Operative Company is to assist communities in teaming up to develop their own broadband networks then sharing the cost with their neighbors. |
| East Texas Rural Broadband Community Co-operative Program | | | WHITESPACE BROADBAND INTERNET DEFINED
Just what is White Space? This coming June all over-the-air television stations are required to switch off their ANALOG transmission and go to all digital programming. The transmission frequency required to transmit digital information (1's and 0"s) is much smaller than that needed for analog transmission. The ANALOG space left over when each channel goes digital is called White Space and is managed under rules determined by the FCC
The left over analog channel space has been set up by the FCC for use as unlicensed frequencies which means it can be freely used by the public. Because of the possibility of interference with broadcast digital signals, the FCC has attached rules for the use of the unlicensed frequency space. Vendors who create products capable of using this free space must meet strict requirements as they develop their products. The advantage of white space frequency is its ability to penetrate obstacles such as walls. Because the internet is a two way communication medium, the further away a transmit - receive combination, the more power it take to communicate. The shorter the distance, less power is needed. In the white space world, less power mean less equipment, and less equipment means lower setup cost. |
| RURAL CO-OPERATIVE PROPOSAL
High speed internet is easily accessible for those who live in close proximity to most cities with larger populations. Rural access opportunities drop off greatly once the boundaries of a town's services is exceeded. Fortunately there are internet access options available to most Americans, unfortunately they are expensive and beyond the budgets of most rural households.
By developing Community Co-ops, households within the range of a White Space transmitter (about 5 miles) can organize to develop their own broadband network. The initial setup is a little more complicated then described and does require trained technicians to set up the and manage the network. Current hardware products that distribute broadband signal are relatively durable and do not require constant maintenance to operate properly.
With White Space broadband, the equipment needed to setup a transmitter is more affordable because of the ability to penetrate objects reduces the need for tall towers for the transmitter. The costs of less for customers because less equipment is need to communicate back to the transmitter. The biggest expense is a high speed connection to the transmitter, such as a T1 or T3 connection.
The purpose of the Rural Broadband Co-Operative Company is to assist communities in teaming up to develop their own broadband networks then sharing the cost with their neighbors. |
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White Space Broadband Internet
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| | White spaces (radio) - Wikipedia
In telecommunications, white spaces refer to frequencies allocated to a broadcasting service but not used locally. In the United States, it has gained prominence after the FCC ruled that unlicensed devices that can guarantee that they will not interfere with assigned broadcasts can use the empty white spaces in spectrum. | | | | | | | And now a moment of…whitespace
The concept derives from the broadband spectrum used for broadcast television and the cable network. Now as you may have heard, the cable companies are trying to push to a completely digital environment and out of the old analog television spectrum. | | | How to Get a Wireless NISP Built in Your Neighborhood
What is the best way to get a broadband wireless network built in your neighborhood, if you personally cannot afford it. | | | | White space — our wireless broadband future? | | The unoccupied radio spectrum between broadcast TV channels may soon become a source of low-cost, ubiquitous broadband connectivity. Earlier this month, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission began Phase II testing of prototype “white space devices” (WSDs), to determine whether they can operate without interfering with the wireless devices commonly used in homes, offices, and public locations. | | | TV White Space Position Paper - Motorola
Fixed TV White Space Solutions for Wireless ISP Network Operators |
| The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has decided to open spectrum traditionally allocated to broadcast TV to provide broadband access for Americans, especially those in rural areas in the United States. Solutions that use this newly opened spectrum must not interfere with existing users and services in this spectrum. |
| | | Universal TV White Space Broadband? US Broadband Penetration Grows to 92.1% among Active Internet Users |
| With the move to digital television, the question becomes what to do with all of those unused analog TV channels? Despite opposition by the entrenched broadcast television media, many have lobbied to release this unused spectrum to the public to create a widespread, low-cost wireless network. |
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| Whitespace Broadband - a primer |
| With digital TV crawling slowly towards reality, broadband advocates and companies are eyeing the freed spectrum to launch Internet services over the freed spectrum, so it's worth understanding the potential applications and limitations of the so-called “whitespace” spectrum. |
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| | White spaces (radio) - Wikipedia
In telecommunications, white spaces refer to frequencies allocated to a broadcasting service but not used locally. In the United States, it has gained prominence after the FCC ruled that unlicensed devices that can guarantee that they will not interfere with assigned broadcasts can use the empty white spaces in spectrum. | | | | | | | And now a moment of…whitespace
The concept derives from the broadband spectrum used for broadcast television and the cable network. Now as you may have heard, the cable companies are trying to push to a completely digital environment and out of the old analog television spectrum. | | | How to Get a Wireless NISP Built in Your Neighborhood
What is the best way to get a broadband wireless network built in your neighborhood, if you personally cannot afford it. | | | | White space — our wireless broadband future? | | The unoccupied radio spectrum between broadcast TV channels may soon become a source of low-cost, ubiquitous broadband connectivity. Earlier this month, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission began Phase II testing of prototype “white space devices” (WSDs), to determine whether they can operate without interfering with the wireless devices commonly used in homes, offices, and public locations. | | | TV White Space Position Paper - Motorola
Fixed TV White Space Solutions for Wireless ISP Network Operators |
| The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has decided to open spectrum traditionally allocated to broadcast TV to provide broadband access for Americans, especially those in rural areas in the United States. Solutions that use this newly opened spectrum must not interfere with existing users and services in this spectrum. |
| | | Universal TV White Space Broadband? US Broadband Penetration Grows to 92.1% among Active Internet Users |
| With the move to digital television, the question becomes what to do with all of those unused analog TV channels? Despite opposition by the entrenched broadcast television media, many have lobbied to release this unused spectrum to the public to create a widespread, low-cost wireless network. |
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| Whitespace Broadband - a primer |
| With digital TV crawling slowly towards reality, broadband advocates and companies are eyeing the freed spectrum to launch Internet services over the freed spectrum, so it's worth understanding the potential applications and limitations of the so-called “whitespace” spectrum. |
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General Broadband Information
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| New Paths in Rural Texas, Economic Development in Rural Texas |
| Faced with the decline of oil and gas production and the unpredictable nature of agriculture, Texas’ rural counties must blaze new paths to economic prosperity. Yet no “one-size-fits-all” approach is likely to work. Instead, the emerging rural economies of the 21st century resemble a patchwork, a wide variety of approaches designed to allow rural inhabitants to survive and prosper in the land they love. |
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PLAINS, Texas — The people who live here are still waiting for the digital revolution to arrive.The local phone company, Windstream, offers high-speed DSL service in part of Plains (population: around 1,450). But those who live outside the city limits, including farmers such as Jeff Roper, don't have a lot of choice. |
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Analog Broadcast TV in the US
Cable TV channels in the UHF Range are of differnent boundries and numbered differnently, For example UHF 14 is 470-476, CATV 66 is at 474-480 The FCC is taking back the 700 Mhz band. This is channels 52 to 59 for mobile phone carriers, and 60-69 for emergency services, and Broadband communications. | | | Broadband Connection Highs and Lows Across Rural America
The percentage of U.S. farms with high speed Internet access varies wildly from state to state and county to county, according to the recently released federal Census of Agriculture. | | | Broadband Stimulus Best Awarded by States, Regulators Say
For economic stimulus money to reach the most deserving broadband projects put forth by local governments, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) thinks states should vet applicants instead of federal agencies. | | | | | | | The FCC Gets Bombarded With Broadband Opinions | | Uncle Sam this week opened the door to public comment on the government's new national broadband policy, and has quickly piled up more than three hundred of them from all manner of corporations, consumer advocates, corporate policy front organizations, random ninnies, and consumers. | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| New Paths in Rural Texas, Economic Development in Rural Texas |
| Faced with the decline of oil and gas production and the unpredictable nature of agriculture, Texas’ rural counties must blaze new paths to economic prosperity. Yet no “one-size-fits-all” approach is likely to work. Instead, the emerging rural economies of the 21st century resemble a patchwork, a wide variety of approaches designed to allow rural inhabitants to survive and prosper in the land they love. |
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| Rural Americans long to be linked |
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PLAINS, Texas — The people who live here are still waiting for the digital revolution to arrive.The local phone company, Windstream, offers high-speed DSL service in part of Plains (population: around 1,450). But those who live outside the city limits, including farmers such as Jeff Roper, don't have a lot of choice. |
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Analog Broadcast TV in the US
Cable TV channels in the UHF Range are of differnent boundries and numbered differnently, For example UHF 14 is 470-476, CATV 66 is at 474-480 The FCC is taking back the 700 Mhz band. This is channels 52 to 59 for mobile phone carriers, and 60-69 for emergency services, and Broadband communications. | | | Broadband Connection Highs and Lows Across Rural America
The percentage of U.S. farms with high speed Internet access varies wildly from state to state and county to county, according to the recently released federal Census of Agriculture. | | | Broadband Stimulus Best Awarded by States, Regulators Say
For economic stimulus money to reach the most deserving broadband projects put forth by local governments, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) thinks states should vet applicants instead of federal agencies. | | | | | | | The FCC Gets Bombarded With Broadband Opinions | | Uncle Sam this week opened the door to public comment on the government's new national broadband policy, and has quickly piled up more than three hundred of them from all manner of corporations, consumer advocates, corporate policy front organizations, random ninnies, and consumers. | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Partnership and Grant Opportunities
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| Biden Unveils Broadband Stimulus - Loan applications start July 14 for underserved ambitions |
| Uncle Sam today announced the rules governing the first of three rounds in the government's $7.2 billion broadband economic stimulus package, all 121 pages of which are now available if you're a non-profit or municipal entity planning on applying, or if you just like wordy government documents. |
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| Upcoming Deadlines for Distance Learning Grant Opportunities | | The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. When it passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 in February, Congress authorized the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utility Service (RUS) to distribute $7.2 billion to accelerate "broadband deployment in unserved and underserved areas" and ensure "that strategic institutions that are likely to create jobs or provide significant public benefits have broadband connections. | | | | National Broadband Wireless Stimulus Webcast Attracts Thousands, as White House Official, Experts Discuss Strategy | | 6/11/09 - A June 4th National Broadband Stimulus Town Hall Meeting Webcast produced by the National League of Cities TV, in cooperation with TV Worldwide and BroadbandCensus.com, attracted an on-line audience of thousands of city officials and industry professionals as experts engaged in interactive discussions on how broadband stimulus money will be deployed. | | | Broadband Stimulus Best Awarded by States, Regulators Say
For economic stimulus money to reach the most deserving broadband projects put forth by local governments, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) thinks states should vet applicants instead of federal agencies. | | | Northeast Texas Consortium and the Center for Educational Technologies
The Northeast Texas Consortium is the collaborative effort of 15 higher education institutions to bring a wide range of instruction to 50 rural Northeast Texas counties containing 46% of the rural Texas population. | | | Wireless Innovation Alliance
The Wireless Innovation Alliance is a coalition of companies, organizations, and advocates working to unlock the potential that lies inside the “White Spaces” of our Television spectrum. | | | | | | | | | |
| Biden Unveils Broadband Stimulus - Loan applications start July 14 for underserved ambitions |
| Uncle Sam today announced the rules governing the first of three rounds in the government's $7.2 billion broadband economic stimulus package, all 121 pages of which are now available if you're a non-profit or municipal entity planning on applying, or if you just like wordy government documents. |
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| Upcoming Deadlines for Distance Learning Grant Opportunities | | The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. When it passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 in February, Congress authorized the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utility Service (RUS) to distribute $7.2 billion to accelerate "broadband deployment in unserved and underserved areas" and ensure "that strategic institutions that are likely to create jobs or provide significant public benefits have broadband connections. | | | | National Broadband Wireless Stimulus Webcast Attracts Thousands, as White House Official, Experts Discuss Strategy | | 6/11/09 - A June 4th National Broadband Stimulus Town Hall Meeting Webcast produced by the National League of Cities TV, in cooperation with TV Worldwide and BroadbandCensus.com, attracted an on-line audience of thousands of city officials and industry professionals as experts engaged in interactive discussions on how broadband stimulus money will be deployed. | | | Broadband Stimulus Best Awarded by States, Regulators Say
For economic stimulus money to reach the most deserving broadband projects put forth by local governments, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) thinks states should vet applicants instead of federal agencies. | | | Northeast Texas Consortium and the Center for Educational Technologies
The Northeast Texas Consortium is the collaborative effort of 15 higher education institutions to bring a wide range of instruction to 50 rural Northeast Texas counties containing 46% of the rural Texas population. | | | Wireless Innovation Alliance
The Wireless Innovation Alliance is a coalition of companies, organizations, and advocates working to unlock the potential that lies inside the “White Spaces” of our Television spectrum. | | | | | | | | | |
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Hardware and Technical Data
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| | | Motorola MOTOWI 4 System Design Webcast |
| Design, install and manage wireless networks that meet quality of service and user requirements | | | Motorola’s Canopy® Wireless Broadband Platform
The Canopy system, Motorola’s innovative wireless broadband solution, is the ideal technology for developing, deploying, enhancing and extending the advanced broadband networks and services that help bridge the digital divide all around the world. | | | Motorola MOTOwi4 PTP54300 Fixed Point-to-Point Wireless Ethernet Integrated Bridge, 5.4 GHz Frequency band, Up to 25 Mbps Ethernet data rates, Complete Link - WB3150
The Motorola wi4 Fixed Point-to-Point Wireless Ethernet Bridges – PTP 300 Series – give wireless ISPs and emerging companies and government agencies reliable, secure and cost-effective connectivity. Operating in the 5.4 and 5.8 GHz bands at Ethernet data rates up to 25 Mbps and distances up to 155 miles (250 km), the systems are designed for virtually any environment – non-line-of-sight, long-range line-of-sight and high interference. | | | | Pricing guide for T1 service any place | | | | Motorola Access Points Pricing | | | Motorola Wireless Broadband Channel Partner Program
The Motorola Wireless Broadband Channel Partner Program offers a best in class product portfolio for indoor and outdoor wireless solutions as well as excellent benefits and resources to our partners. The program is designed to ensure Motorola resellers, who use a highly developed set of specialized technical skills, are able to offer integrated wireless broadband solutions to end customers. | | | | FCC to Test 'White Spaces' Broadband Devices | | Despite protests from broadcasters, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) next week will begin testing devices that will allow Internet service providers to utilize unused spectrum for wireless broadband service. | | | | Avoiding A $300 Million Broadband Mapping Boondoggle | | As we've frequently discussed, a broadband mapping organization by the name of Connected Nation stands to grab a huge chunk of the government's new $300 million budget set aside for broadband mapping. But consumer advocates believe the group is little more than a front organization for giant carriers like AT&T and Verizon -- tasked with over-inflating broadband penetration numbers to make carriers look good and keep government regulation at bay. | | | | | |
| | | Motorola MOTOWI 4 System Design Webcast |
| Design, install and manage wireless networks that meet quality of service and user requirements | | | Motorola’s Canopy® Wireless Broadband Platform
The Canopy system, Motorola’s innovative wireless broadband solution, is the ideal technology for developing, deploying, enhancing and extending the advanced broadband networks and services that help bridge the digital divide all around the world. | | | Motorola MOTOwi4 PTP54300 Fixed Point-to-Point Wireless Ethernet Integrated Bridge, 5.4 GHz Frequency band, Up to 25 Mbps Ethernet data rates, Complete Link - WB3150
The Motorola wi4 Fixed Point-to-Point Wireless Ethernet Bridges – PTP 300 Series – give wireless ISPs and emerging companies and government agencies reliable, secure and cost-effective connectivity. Operating in the 5.4 and 5.8 GHz bands at Ethernet data rates up to 25 Mbps and distances up to 155 miles (250 km), the systems are designed for virtually any environment – non-line-of-sight, long-range line-of-sight and high interference. | | | | Pricing guide for T1 service any place | | | | Motorola Access Points Pricing | | | Motorola Wireless Broadband Channel Partner Program
The Motorola Wireless Broadband Channel Partner Program offers a best in class product portfolio for indoor and outdoor wireless solutions as well as excellent benefits and resources to our partners. The program is designed to ensure Motorola resellers, who use a highly developed set of specialized technical skills, are able to offer integrated wireless broadband solutions to end customers. | | | | FCC to Test 'White Spaces' Broadband Devices | | Despite protests from broadcasters, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) next week will begin testing devices that will allow Internet service providers to utilize unused spectrum for wireless broadband service. | | | | Avoiding A $300 Million Broadband Mapping Boondoggle | | As we've frequently discussed, a broadband mapping organization by the name of Connected Nation stands to grab a huge chunk of the government's new $300 million budget set aside for broadband mapping. But consumer advocates believe the group is little more than a front organization for giant carriers like AT&T and Verizon -- tasked with over-inflating broadband penetration numbers to make carriers look good and keep government regulation at bay. | | | | | |
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