April 2, 2018
10:08 p.m.
Hello Ron: Thank you for noticing and reading this update. I believe that the newsletter needs some refining, that's probably what led you noting that our update on this project as hidden, I think :-). Susannah, put it perfectly below. I have been Project Lead on this for the full year and engineered the BNET grant process while the Chapter Chair in 2016 so we have been sending frequent updates since then to the NARALO community. We just completed the project at the end of January 2018. For more information on the project (incase you missed past updates) and upcoming Silicon Valley Agtech Conference (https://www.svagtech.org/wp/) where we will debut the project report (To be presented by CSU Chico/GIC) please visit our website https://www.sfbayisoc.org/projects-overview/current-and-future-projects/rural-broadband-project/ Feel free to share this information. Regards, Leah Symekher SFBay Area ISOC Chapter Board Advisor and Project Lead ICANN 2018 NOMCOM Delegate On 4/2/18 10:20, Susannah Gray wrote: > > Hi Ron, > > On 01/04/2018 20:21, Ron da Silva wrote: >> Interesting report buried in the from ISOC-SF on mobile broadband (or >> lack thereof) in CA farmlands.. > - Not intentionally buried! We've tried to include updates on this > project in every newsletter since the project began. >> guess the main point was to discredit the CA PUC’s testing of mobile >> broadband which tends to just test along major roads.. not in the >> farms themselves.. and thus shame the PUC into changing their >> testing methodology and ultimately pressure the mobile operators into >> more tower density in agricultural areas.. thanks for including! > - The main purpose of the project was to show that the speeds that > providers say they are providing in rural areas are not quite correct > and to use the results to inform public policy on rural development. > Many of the measurements in our project also took place on public > roads (155 sites) as getting access to private farmlands is difficult. > But we were fortunately able to take measurements on five different > ranches (at seven separate sites). >> ..and good luck getting the PUC’s attention next with this report. > - Thanks: we have the support of CA State Broadband Coordinator Chief > Strategy Officer for Agriculture Technology and Innovation, Robert > Tse, who has already had discussions on the project in D.C as well as > with other states looking to replicate the project in their own regions. > > We're also working on a video of the project which we'll release soon > and will be highlighting the results of the project at the Silicon > Valley AgTech conference in May. > > Cheers, > > Susannah > > -- > Susannah Gray > President > San Francisco Bay Area Internet Society Chapter > www.sfbayisoc.org > >> >> (at least that was my summary of it..) >> >> -ron >> >> >>> On Apr 1, 2018, at 3:02 PM, Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn@gmail.com >>> <mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> We are sharing our monthly newsletter with a special focus on the >>> first North American School of Internet Governance with generous >>> support from ICANN. We need to acknowledge the great speakers drawn >>> from the ICANN and ATLARGE communities. >>> >>> Various notable speakers from ICANN and Atlarge ie. >>> ICANN Board Ron Da Silva, >>> >>> ICANN staff Adam Peake, Rodrigo de la Parra, Goran Marby, Siranush >>> Vardanyan. >>> >>> ATLARGE Olivier, Satish, Jonathan Zuck, Judith Hellerstein, >>> >>> NCUC Milton Mueller, >>> >>> Business Community Marilyn Cade, >>> >>> GAC Olga Cavali and >>> >>> ISOC Kathy Brown and Olga Cavali( ISOC Board) >>> >>> former Amb. David Gross >>> >>> http://online.fliphtml5.com/gnel/nsww/ >>> Glenn McKnight >>> NARALO Secretariat >>> mcknight.glenn@gmail.com <mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com> >>> skype gmcknight >>> twitter gmcknight >>> 289-830 6259 >>> . >>> ------ >>> NA-Discuss mailing list >>> NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org >>> <mailto:NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> >>> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss >>> >>> Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org >>> ------ >> >> >> >> ------ >> NA-Discuss mailing list >> NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org >> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss >> >> Visit the NARALO online athttp://www.naralo.org >> ------ > > > > ------ > NA-Discuss mailing list > NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss > > Visit the NARALO online athttp://www.naralo.org > ------