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Tribal lands and the FCC White Spaces Order


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

ZeroDivide B-TOP Mash-Up Cut-Up Smash-Up


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.

ZeroDivide Receives Stimulus Funding to Foster New Generation of Technology Adopters in Underserved Youth and Tribal Communities


San Francisco, California, August 18, 2010 — ZeroDivide was awarded $2,070,399 in two grants from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Vice-President Joe Biden announced the grants as part of 94 Recovery Act investments in federal broadband projects in 37 states. ZeroDivide’s first grant of $1,384,242 will help to create a

ZeroDivide Receives Stimulus Funding to Increase Broadband Adoption in Native American Tribal Communities


August 18, 2010 San Francisco, California — ZeroDivide was awarded $686,157 by the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to quadruple broadband adoption rates within the 19 Native American reservations that encompass the Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association (SCTCA). Current broadband adoption rates for American Indians are the lowest of any ethnic

Results of the 2007 San Diego Wildfires


Michael Peralta, Matthew Rantanen, Jason Peralta, and Geoff Herrin visiting the results of the 2007 San Diego wildfires meeting with the technology of a wireless communications tower, just one day after the fire crews allowed us to re-enter the area. The final assessment was a total loss. This tower was returned to functionality within 19

The “Installation Crew”


The “Installation Crew” comprised of members of Tribal Digital Village, CUWiN(the networking team from Champagne-Urbana, Illinois, and Prometheus Radio Project. This team installed 22 homes and an office building, as a Beta testing project for “mesh networking” gear developed at CUWiN at University of Illinois. It was 112 degrees both days and the rooftops were

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