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CENIC PERSPECTIVES: Fixed Wireless Solutions to Extend Internet Connectivity
Categories Equity & Access CENIC Perspectives
Many CENIC member community anchor institutions are looking for ways to extend online connectivity to unserved and underserved communities, particularly now that broadband has become essential during the COVID 19 pandemic. In areas where wireline broadband may be geographically or economically prohibitive, fixed wireless Internet may be an option. In tandem with a previous CENIC blog article on wireless technologies as a whole, this article specifically explores fixed wireless solutions that our members are using or could use to address equity and access issues.
Life Inside CENIC: Lee Ann Weber and the Communications Department
Categories RENS & NRENS The CENIC Community
The communications team’s work is driven by CENIC’s mission to advance education and research statewide by providing the world-class network essential for innovation, collaboration, and economic growth. We share our knowledge and serve as an advocate for public policy that advances broadband access for all.
CENIC Offering Mitigation Solutions for Volumetric Distributed Denial of Service Attacks
Categories Security
CENIC is now offering its members protection from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, which have the potential to prevent people from accessing online resources, and in the worst cases, to take institutions offline completely.
CENIC PERSPECTIVES: Wireless Internet Technologies for Access, Equity, and Continuity
Categories Equity & Access CENIC Perspectives
Wireless technologies have the potential to address many common challenges facing the CENIC community. While CENIC is not providing wireless connections, we have been working with our members, offering our expertise in solving access and equity problems, and providing referrals to our private sector partners.
Libraries Are Key to Providing Broadband Access to California Communities
Categories Libraries
We live in an increasingly interconnected world, and to fully participate in it—whether that means searching for information online, distance learning, or interviewing for a job on Zoom—requires ever-increasing bandwidth. Unfortunately, approximately one in eight households in California lacks high-speed Internet access, with the digital divide having a disproportionate impact on people of color and low-income and rural households.
Ongoing Upgrades Support the Evolution of CalREN
Categories RENS & NRENS
In accordance with our strategic plan, CENIC staff are completing network upgrades that will ensure network reliability, deploy cost-saving technologies, decrease our environmental footprint, and enable high-capacity services.
Coastal Path Upgrades Represent a Milestone in Infrastructure Sharing Between CENIC and Internet2
Categories RENS & NRENS
Tags internet2
The completion of 400G upgrades represents a milestone in infrastructure sharing between CENIC and Internet2 as both networks move to higher-bandwidth technologies and seek to reduce both cost and environmental impact.
Internet Exchange Points: An Essential Infrastructure for Rural Broadband Initiatives
Categories RENS & NRENS Equity & Access
IXPs are one of the building blocks around which the Internet is built. They are the physical locations where networks come together, and where content providers place content closer to end users to increase the speed and efficiency of networks. Currently, there are dozens of IXPs nationwide but most of them are concentrated in big cities. Increasing the number of IXPs across California will result in a more resilient, competitive, and interconnected Internet (especially for households in more rural areas).
Broadband for Every California Household: One Gigabit or Bust!
Categories Equity & Access CENIC Perspectives
It is now time to renew and redouble our efforts towards one-gigabit broadband for all Californians at home, as well as at school and work.
California Cultural Institutions Increase Online Initiatives During COVID Pandemic
Categories Cultural & Scientific RENS & NRENS
CENIC’s member cultural institutions have launched innovative digital initiatives to reach people at home during the pandemic, providing valuable resources for the research and education community and beyond.