Interesting Links

Below are a series of Internet web page links regarding broadband that may be helpful or interesting to you. 

Government:

• Searchable list of Statewide Conference Rooms of DGS-owned State buildings, some with video conferencing capability, at https://www.apps.dgs.ca.gov/BPMCR/Default.aspx 
• Process for Telecommunications VENDORS interested in adding broadband services on State facilities is located at this site:  http://www.dgs.ca.gov/Services/telecomm.htm.
  
• CALNET II contract http://www.calnet.ca.gov/
  
• California Multiple Award Schedules (CMAS) at http://www.pd.dgs.ca.gov/cmas/default.htm - use this link to search for Streamingvideo or Webcasting services.
• California Department of Parks and Recreation's Parks Online Resources for Teachers and Students (PORTS) using videoconferencing technology at http://www.ports.parks.ca.gov/
• California Public Utilities Commission's (CPUC) Broadband Report Update of September 20, 2006:  www.cpuc.ca.gov/static/telco/reports/broadbandreports.htm 
• Federal Trade Commission Staff Report, September 2006, on Municipal Provision of Wireless Internet:  http://www.ftc.gov/os/2006/10/V060021municipalprovwirelessinternet.pdf 

Community:

• This link identifies wireless hotspots in California providing some level of free service:  http://www.wififreespot.com/ca.html
• Wi-Fi service at Sacramento International Airport:  http://www.sacairports.org/int/passenger/wifi.html#_Toc55709432 
  
• This link leads to a Regional broadband coalition, including the Counties of Sacramento, El Dorado and Solano, and many other coalition members:  http://www.wisac.org/.
  
• This link leads to a Sacramento mid-town WiFi network:   http://www.midtownwifi.com/?gclid=CPjcqO_mtosCFRk_EAodJGd0wA.
• The City of Folsom, CA, and Intel Wi-MAX partnership:  http://government.zdnet.com/?p=2070 
• Free Wi-Fi service in City of Mountain View, CA:  http://www.ci.mtnview.ca.us/news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=30
  
• San Francisco's TechConnect initiative:  http://www.sfgov.org/site/tech_connect_page.asp?id=33899 
• City of Riverside, CA, partnership:  http://www.smartriverside.com/as_goals.asp 
• Update of wireless cities and counties in the US, March 2007:  http://www.muniwireless.com/article/articleview/5868/1/23/ 
• Map of US showing state-by-state broadband initiatives:  http://news.com.com/Municipal+broadband+and+wireless+projects+map/2009-1034_3-5690287.html 
• Partnership in Rhode Island - goal of first border-to-border wireless state:  http://www.riedc.com/riedc/print/news/47/384 
  
• Canadian wireless project for schools: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/082106-schools-wlan.html 

General:

• This web site provides definitions of broadband, wireless, and a broad array of technologies:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_wireless_access
• The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), a non-profit organization, plays a major role in establishing international computing standards, including standards for the Internet.  The following website is specific to wireless access:  http://www.ieee802.org/20/
• Guess how many free Wi-Fi hotspots California has?  ... in Sacramento?  Find out here:  http://www.anchorfree.com/free-wifi-country-USA.htm