There is much need for a strong broadband presence here in beautiful Crescent City, CA. Being so far away from San Francisco and Sacramento is truly rewarding for me, but its hardship might be felt in its lack of commercial/industrial presence, hence very little Information Technology (IT) is available in comparison. However, people and businesses of the information age have come to require the use of the latest technology. Redwood Coast Connect (RCC) is an entity from Cal State University Humboldt that might bring this technology to the local community's fingertips.
Living here for over 18 months, there have been two or three occurrences of market shutdown due to cuts in the line along the highway during road construction. If there were two lines available, businesses and supermarkets would still be able to conduct transactions since they would still be "connected." The concern of redundancy was voiced by the audience repeatedly tonight during a presentation by RCC.
Apparently, this will require the considerable investment of some regional private corporations such as our cable and cell phone providers. So here's RCC's pitch. Crescent City, CA (along with the four counties RCC represents) needs to clearly and informatively express their interest, needs, and ability to pay for IT services from our regional communication providers.
RCC distributed surveys for all four counties to fill out. Being affiliated with Humboldt State University, (http://redwoodcoastconnect.humboldt.edu) RCC has plenty of statistical analysis validity. I think RCC will connect the lost coast very soon. When they do, more people will want to stay and buy a home here in Majestic Redwoods of Del Norte County, CA.
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