Category Archives: Network Sierra

I recently spent two days in a grant proposal writing workshop with Harvey Chess, of The FTF Group. Harvey is very well known in the non-profit community around California and now I can see why. I gained an appreciation of the granting process that I never had before, partly because I had no particular need [...]

Network Sierra has seemed pretty dormant for the last several weeks but there has in fact been activity on the county level that could move the broadband agenda forward. Following the Conxx Presentation made to Network Sierra on April 18th, which was attended by several members of county government, efforts are underway to bring the [...]

After reading the recently signed Comcast contract, and having others validate my belief that it is a poor contract that will leave much of Tuolumne County without wireline Broadband for ten years, I sent an email to Michael Copps of the FCC. FCC Commissioner Copps had recently written an op-ed piece in the Washington Post [...]

Network Sierra member Bob Ingalls writes: I had an action item from our first Network Sierra meeting to talk to Greg Applegate regarding the Comcast contract. Greg referred me to Marian Jackson (Government Affairs) of Comcast. Marian told me that after Comcast upgrades their network, they will be offering Internet and telephone service. The key [...]

The following maps show the locations of cell towers in Tuolumne County, excluding those on Forest Service lands. A request for those maps is pending. Map 1 (437 KB PDF): http://www.networksierra.org/pdf/cell_tower_1.pdfMap 2 (409 KB PDF): http://www.networksierra.org/pdf/cell_tower_2.pdf

Below is a link to the agreement signed by Tuolumne County and Comcast, on 12/19/06. Thanks to Supervisor Teri Murrison for providing it and to Ed Fernandez for requesting it. Ed notes the following: After a quick perusal I noted two significant things: It calls for an update completion date in five years. It obligates [...]

The following remarks (well, most of them) were made to the Board of Supervisors, as part of the public discussion on economic development: Good morning. My name is Greg Falken. I’m a partner in webdancers, a web development company in Twain Harte. I’m also a member of an ad hoc group of citizens called Network [...]