Presentations on digital initiatives dominated a meeting of the nine-member...
Presentations on digital initiatives dominated a meeting of the nine-member California Broadband Council Wednesday. The council has met starting in 2011 and consists of high-level officials and legislators from the state and has posted these presentations on its website (http://bit.ly/XLPDzQ).…
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The council heard an update on the California Telehealth Network, which works with AT&T but is now exploring options with Charter Communications, Comcast, CVIN, TelePacific, Verizon, Digital 395 and Time Warner Cable, according to one presentation. It’s working toward economic self-sustainability in its core operations and is in the midst of offering several cloud-based services, it said. California Acting Deputy State Librarian Jarrid Keller updated the council on a Google Chromebook Pilot Program, which has issued a thousand of these computers throughout 44 libraries starting in September, as well as project on making a library a community Wi-Fi hub. The Eastern Sierra Connect Regional Broadband Consortium presented on broadband mapping efforts, distinguishing which work best for different purposes. The National Broadband Map provides a decent big picture but misses some providers, whereas the California Public Utilities Map is good at the city level and geographic information systems maps are a “gold mine,” according to the consortium’s presentation. The council heard from JobScout, designed to help people look online for work, as well as from the head of the California Center for Rural Policy and Redwood Coast Connect Regional Consortium Coordinator. The council also ratified a statement on digital education initiatives.