Nevada County Connected was the name given the wireless broadband infrastructure project that Chip Carman and John Paul, co-owners of Spiral Internet located in Nevada City, initiated in fall of 2008 upon recommendation by Nevada County CIO Steve Monaghan. When Federal broadband development stimulus funds were announced, it was determined that it would be best to have the non-profit Nevada County Economic Resource Council partner and be the lead agency applicant. Hundreds of hours of work went into the application processes. Although the project received state funding via the California Advanced Services Fund in fall of 2009, the ERC was declined funding for the project in both Round 1 (January 2010) and Round 2 (September 2010) of ARRA funding.
Given the status of funding, and the positioning of other wireless projects in the county, the project’s direction and scope is currently under reevaluation.
State
- CASF – California Advanced Services Fund
$100M funded under CPUC to provide state grants to “telephone corporations”
- CETF – California Emerging Technology Fund
$60M funded from ATT/Verizon to expand broadband adoption
- CPUC – California Public Utilities Commission
Federal
- ARRA – American Recovery and Re-investment Act of 2009
Title VI – Broadband Technology Opportunities Program
$7.2B appropriated for broadband stimulus
- FCC – Federal Communications Commission
- NTIA – National Telecommunications and Infrastructure Agency
Department of Commerce
BTOP – Broadband Technology Opportunity Programs - RUS – Rural Utility Services
Department of Agriculture
BIP – Broadband Initiative Program
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