Here is an excellent article on community broadband, written by Christopher Mitchell of the Institute for Local Self Reliance. Mitchell provides an easy to read overview of various broadband technologies and helps readers sort out priorities for community investments.

Click on the attachment below to download the PDF file.

Attendance:

Matt Miller
Andrew Cohill
Sid Boswell
Shelly Dudley
John Strutner
Kerry Eakins
Jeff Alleman
Dave Kleppinger
Jennifer Unroe

1) Design Nine gave a presentation entitled "Vital Communities: Planning for Broadband Part II". Handouts of the presentation are available by contacting Matt Miller at mmiller@rvarc.org

The next meeting of the Broadband Management Team will be on Thursday, February 7th, in Covington.

The meeting will be held in Council Chambers (first floor) of City Hall, 333 W. Locust Street.

This meeting will provide an overview of the kinds of infrastructure that might be deployed, and will include a review of some of the demographic and demand aggregation data we have been collecting.

This site is provided to support the broadband planning effort being undertaken by Alleghany County, the City of Covington, the town of Clifton Forge, and the town of Iron Gate. The Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission is providing support. The project is funded by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development.