Internet Society – San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
Internet Society – San Francisco Bay Area ChapterAt the end of the 2016, the SF-Bay Area Chapter secured funding from the Internet Society’s Beyond the Net program for the “Bridging California’s Rural/Urban Digital Divide with Mobile Broadband” project.
The project ran from January 2017 – January 2018. The Chapter teamed up with California State University (CSU) Geographical Information Center (GIC), Chico, and Valley Vision on this fascinating project, which collected data on mobile broadband performance in Yolo County, near Sacramento, CA. You can read the final project report here.
Project Results Presentation May 2018
The project team attended the Silicon Valley AgTech conference in Mountain View, CA, to present the results and meet with key players in the AgTech world. Watch our presentation in the video below.
Project Information and Events Archive
- Event: Silicon Valley AgTech Conference, May 3 2018
- Blog: Chapter Project on Measuring Rural Broadband Complete
- Blog: Innovative Solutions for Farming Emerge at the Apps for Ag Hackathon
- Blog: Why Farmers Are Using Wifi to Grow Your Grapes
- Blog: A Diversity Success Story from the Apps for Ag Hackathon Competition
- Webinar: NTIA: How Broadband is Transforming Agriculture
- Project Update: July 2017
- Blog: Internet For All Now: Legislation That Needs Your Support
- Project Update: March 2017
- Blog: Agriculture at High Speed: Rural Broadband Project Kick-Off
- News: SF-Bay Area Chapter Receives Funding for Rural Broadband Project