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Best Practice: Franklin County's Innovative Approach to Rural Broadband Deployment
May 20, 2009
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Time: 10:00PM PDT / 1:00AM EDT
Duration: 0 Minutes
Date: Thursday, May 21, 2009
Duration: 61 mins
Webinar to learn about:
- How Franklin County succeeded in meeting the broadband needs of their rural community and reduced county operational costs by applying an innovative approach to this project
- How Franklin County was able to connect 16 fire & rescue stations to the network allowing for greater information distribution and reporting, operational improvement.
- The critical role that federal grant funding played in the process, and how you can identify similar dollars for your community
- How existing county assets like towers, water tanks, and poles were leveraged in exchange for services
- The innovative best practices that allowed the county to achieve their goals at only 24 percent of the original estimated project cost
Featured Presenters:
Sandie Terry
CGCIO
Director of Information Technology
Franklin County Virginia
Warren Kane
CEO
B2X Online, Inc.
Salem, VA
Moderator:
John Miri
Senior Fellow
Center for Digital Government
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