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2nd round of broadband mapping town hall meetings
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Posted on Apr 19 2012
A Cisco Flip Video Ultra HD to be raffled off
One Economy, in cooperation with the CNMI Department of Commerce, BroadMap LLC, and the New America Foundation, will be conducting a second round of village/town hall meetings to present and discuss the recent completion of the CNMI Broadband Mapping Community Survey.
Residents of CNMI reported significant barriers to broadband adoption, especially cost and availability. According to residents, there are significant areas that are completely unserved by broadband, notably on the islands of Tinian and Rota; however, residents of Tinian and Rota place a high importance on having Internet at home. As a result, there are residents who would like to subscribe to the Internet that are not being served.
“We want to share these findings with people and understand whether what we actually found is indeed correct and also ask residents to help fill in the gaps in our data,” according to Dan Calarco, director of International Programs, One Economy Corp.
Thomas J. Camacho, the CNMI’s community liaison for One Economy Corp., will be conducting the meeting and will be presenting the Community Survey findings.
The meeting dates, location and time for this week are as follows:
– Thursday, April 19, 2012, 6pm, Room B12, San Antonio Elementary School, Saipan
– Friday, April 20, 2012, 6pm, cafeteria, Garapan Elementary School, Saipan
Your attendance and participation in this community engagement will help map Internet Access, Usage and Attitudes. One lucky attendee will have a chance to win a Cisco Flip Video Ultra HD. Refreshments will be served.
The program is part of an initiative of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to develop and maintain a comprehensive, interactive, and searchable nationwide map of existing broadband capability and availability throughout each state or territory. In addition, One Economy aims to improve broadband adoption in CNMI by better understanding the barriers to adopting broadband that residents may face. (One Economy)
