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05/13/15

New Video from Anchorage Economic Development Corporation (AEDC)

By CAK Staff

Have you seen the new video from Anchorage Economic Development Corporation (AEDC)?  The video, Where to Startup: Define Entrepreneurship, is part of the Where to Startup for the Alaska Entrepreneur, Innovator and Dreamer initiative.  Check out the video here: http://aedcweb.com/where-to-startup/

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05/13/15

White House Broadband Questions

By CAK Staff

Have you offered comments for the White House Broadband Questions (listed below)?  The Deadline is 5pm EDT on June 10th. Share your comments: Written comments may be submitted by email to: [email protected] Include Broadband Opportunity Council in the subject line of the message. Comments submitted by email should be machine-readable and should not be copy-protected. For more details on how to submit comments, see the Council’s Public Notice. A. Overarching Questions 1. How can the federal government promote best practices in broadband deployment and adoption? What resources are most useful to communities? What actions would be...

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05/11/15

Detailed School District Connectivity Reports - Now Available

By James Dunn

Connect Alaska today is releasing summary connectivity reports for 53 Alaska school districts. The reports feature the following information about the school districts: average download speeds, monthly cost of broadband, type of connectivity, and technology available in the classroom. This is the first comprehensive data release of its kind – specifically designed to inform education and government stakeholders about the use of broadband technology at all public K-12 schools in Alaska.  The school district reports are part of the Alaska School Broadband Audit initiative, a multi-faceted series of projects undertaken by Connect Alaska in...

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05/07/15

The Rural Telecom Congress Hosts Annual Summit

By CAK Staff

The Rural Telecom Congress (RTC) recently hosted their annual summit.  Check out the summit website for panel discussion videos, audio files, and PDF presentations from the recent conference have been posted, including an excellent presentation by Anne Neville.  Great content worth checking out.  http://www.ruraltelecon.org/2015-rtc-bbc-summit.html

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