ROANEnet Commends REU For Receiving ARC Grant
ROANEnet is very pleased to hear that Rockwood Electric Utility (REU) received a $50,000 Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) grant for the REU Smart Grid Technology Plan.
Donate Your Old Digital Devices During Digital Inclusion Week
For Immediate Release: Harriman, TN – ROANEnet, (roanenet.org) a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing affordable and reliable internet access and digital literacy in Roane County, adds Patterson Appliances to the list of 5 locations that are accepting computer equipment during the Digital Device Donation Drive. “We are delighted to help since we’re a community player,” said Mark Patterson, VP of…
Digital Device Donation Drive
During our DIGITAL DEVICE DONATION DRIVE, Roane County individuals and businesses can donate unneeded digital devices such as computers, monitors, keyboards, printers, etc. We will accept your device donations even if the equipment doesn’t work. ROANEnet will provide the donor with a receipt for all of their digital devices that have been donated during the drive.
Recent Podcast about Municipal Broadband in North East Tennessee
Chris Mitchell with the Institute for Local Self Reliance interviewed Stacy Evans, the Chief Broadband Officer for BrightRidge, the public electric utility and now broadband provider for Johnson City and the surrounding area. https://muninetworks.org/content/exploring-eastern-tennessees-brightridge-network-community-broadband-bits-podcast-374
Upload Speeds Matter: Why Cable and DSL Home Internet Speeds are Outdated.
Customers of the local cable and telephone companies that don’t have fiber to the home available and left with no better option for upload speed greater than 20 Mbps are finding out that those speeds just aren’t good enough. Why? Primarily because cloud-based security cameras can chew up 6 to 20 Mbps per camera. 10 years ago, if you had…