Redwood Region Economic Development Commission

A History Of Broadband Activism!

2010

• May 2010 - Redwood Coast Connect Presentation - "Boldly Going Where No Fiber Has Gone Before"

2009

• October 2009 - List of ARRA Round 1 Project Applications
• March 2009 - Highway 299 Fiber & Wireless Broadband Business Plan
• January 2009 - Redwood Coast Connect Project Issues Report
• January 2009 - Redwood Coast Connect Executive Summary

2008

• August 2008 - Fourth Redwood Coast Broadband Forum Is Held
• August 2008 - Broadband Research Survey for Trinity Public Utilities District

2007

• October 2007 - Redwood Coast Connect Project is Launched
• May 2007 - Third Redwood Coast Broadband Forum is Held
• April 2007 BLACKOUT!  The Impacts of Fiber Outages on the North Coast
• January 2007 - Wireless Broadband Business Plan for Oric

2006

• December 31, 2006 - Column on the first fiber outage.
• October 2006 - Governor Schwarzenegger Creates Broadband Task Force - Two Members Appointed From Humboldt County
• June 2006 - First Mile.US study on alternate fiber
• May 2006 - Second Redwood Coast Broadband Forum is Held

2005

• May 2005 - The RTC, Redwood Region Econmic Development Commission, and Redwood Coast Rural Action Holds Their First Regional "Broadband Forum"
  

2004

• December 2004 - Living in a Networked World: Humboldt County Telecommunications Infrastructure and Usage Assessment Prepared by Neratech
• Redwood Technology Consortium reaches 125 members and Wins The CENIC "Gigabit or Bust Community Award."

2003

• September 2003 - Fiber Optic Line to Humboldt County is Finally Completed
• August 2003 - CENIC/SAIC Network Infrastructure Analysis
• May 2003 - CENIC/Gartner Report on Gigabit Or Bust Initiative
• February 2003 - RTC/RREDC Complaint To PUC Over Fiber Optic Impasse

2002

• August 2002 - Chris Crawford's Fiber "Call To Action"
• July 2002 RREDC Resolution Calling for Immediate Action on Fiber Iptic Impasse
• June 2002 - SBDC North Coast Bandwidth Report - Prepared by Neratech

2001

• Redwood Technology Consortium Organizes as a Non-Profit and Begins A Weekly "Tech Beat" Column in Daily Newspaper

2000

• January 2000 - We Survive Y2K

1999

• Pacific Bell Announces Project to Connect Humboldt County Via Fiber Optic Line.

1998

• The RTC Organizes the First "Tech Expo" in Eureka

1997

• Redwood Technology Consortium is Formed with 12 Members.
  

1996

1995

• The City of Eureka Goes Online
• North Coast Holds Conference on Telemedicine

1994

• The North Coast Electronic Town Gets Statewide Recognition
• First Public Advocacy For Fiber Optic Connection
• The North Coast Gets Its First Local ISP

1993

• The "North Coast Electronic Town" is Created