Last clip from the National Summit for Community Wireless Networks in St-Louis, MO. Matt Rantanen, director of technology at Tribal Digital Village, introduces SCTDV and talks of some of the challenges that they are facing.
All posts by TDV
This video contains footage from TDV’s offices, wireless-broadband internet towers, and the Pala Learning Center. TDV is ZeroDivide’s partner in BTOP’s “Broadband Adoption Program” that is designed to increase broadband awareness and adoption on tribal lands. Broadband adoption rates for American Indians have been among the lowest of any ethnic group within the continental United
TDV Staff and ZeroDivide at communications tower, filming TDV Broadband Adoption Program Video.
Bridging the Tribal Digital Divide in San Diego County, BTOP (Broadband Technology Opportunities Program), which is part of the federal economic stimulus package adopted in 2009. In Southern California, the Tribal Digital Village is working with ZeroDivide, the San Francisco-based technology foundation, and using BTOP funding to promote awareness and adoption of broadband in the
Geoffrey Blackwell, Matthew Rantanen, and Joe Garcia are pictured here in the Federal Communications Commissions’ (FCC) building in Washington, D.C. commemorating the First face-to-face meeting of the FCC’s Native Nations Broadband Task Force. May 25th, 2011. Geoffrey Blackwell and Joe Garcia are the Co-Chairs of this task force, a group of tribal leaders in government
Commissioner Mignon Clyburn’s Official statement that includes mention of Tribal Digital Village in the second paragraph. This is directly from our “petition for reconsideration” and the meeting TDV Director Matthew Rantanen attended in DC, at the Commission where this was discussed with all 5 commissioners.
White Spaces Spectrum is going to finally be released to use for unlicensed. The Unanimous vote (5-0) in 2008 got the ball rolling with all of our hard efforts, and now another vote on how to govern the spectrum is pretty much a victory. It lets us use this invaluable airspace to get Internet to
White Spaces Spectrum is going to finally be released to use for unlicensed. The Unanimous vote (5-0) in 2008 got the ball rolling with all of our hard efforts, and now another vote on how to govern the spectrum is pretty much a victory. It lets us use this invaluable airspace to get Internet to
The TDV project seeks to address the fact that only 5-8% of Native Americans living on tribal lands have residential broadband access. Geographic isolation and cultural differences make tribal communities especially vulnerable to disparities in broadband adoption and deployment.
Through the “Tribal Digital Village Broadband Adoption Program,” ZeroDivide will work with SCTCA to implement a four-prong broadband adoption strategy which encompasses an outreach and public awareness campaign; basic digital literacy skills training; advanced content creation training; and sustainability.