AH Advocating for community Broadband Deployment
Posted August 10th, 2011 by Lilach
Broadband access has been an issue for California's North Coast region, so the fragile nature of communications was, again for the fifth time, recently highlighted by a fiber optic cable outage that
impacted communication networks serving the region around Eureka and Humboldt County, California. read more »
Local Filmmakers Night on KHSU
Posted July 19th, 2011 by Lilach
If you didn't catch it live, listen to KHSU interview with John Bensch (creator of Bobby G), Cassandra Hesseltine (Humboldt Film Commissioner, and Sam Kaplan (Access Humboldt) talking about Local Filmmakers Night and more... (starts 11min in)
http://khsu.streamguys.net/21226.mp3Sean McLaughlin Explains Open Internet Issues on KMUD News
Posted March 1st, 2011 by Lilach
Click on the attached file to listen to Sean's interview with Terri Klemetson on KMUD Local News (3/1 8am addition). The interview starts at 00:19:15.
http://kmud.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=83Senate Democrats Slam House Efforts to Derail Net Neutrality Rules
Posted February 24th, 2011 by Lilach
"Senate Democrats on Wednesday voiced their opposition to a House amendment that would stop funding for the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules.
Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts joined with Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon, Maria Cantwell of Washington, and Al Franken of Minnesota to write a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell that opposed using the appropriations process or the Congressional Review Act to keep the FCC from implementing its network neutrality rules."
Click on the link below to read more.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2380805,00.aspFCC's order fails to adequately protect net neutrality
Posted February 23rd, 2011 by Lilach
"Appeal from Verizon and MetroPCS did not follow normal protocol and was “prematurely” brought to court."
click on the link below to read more.
http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_17459941Protecting the open Internet
Posted February 22nd, 2011 by Lilach
"On Tuesday, Free Press, Media Access Project, Media Mobilizing Project, Access Humboldt and Mountain Area Information Network filed motions to intervene in the Verizon and MetroPCS appeals of the Federal Communications Commission’s open Internet order."
Click on the link to read more.
http://www.freepress.net/press-release/2011/2/22/public-interest-groups-file-motion-intervene-verizon-metropcs-suitsCreating a Civic Media Memory Bank
Posted November 23rd, 2010 by Lilach
"Access Humboldt in Eureka, California believes that broadband is the future of community media. They have established partnerships with other community organizations to develop a broadband network for the rural community they serve."
Read more at the PBS.org link bellow.
http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2010/11/how-public-access-tv-evolved-into-community-media-centers324.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaignExpanding Region's Community Media
Posted October 28th, 2010 by Lilach
"This year, Access Humboldt's award-winning broadband media initiative, called Digital Redwoods, will grow another ring. Just like our inspiring forests, the region's community media continue expanding local roots and canopy networks to build a stronger community"
http://www.times-standard.com/business/ci_16455666Stimulus funding to promote digital literacy in Humboldt County
Posted August 26th, 2010 by Lilach
"With the help of some stimulus funding and a national program to promote digital literacy, Access Humboldt is hoping to expand the digital horizon for a new generation of storytellers in Humboldt County."
Read Donna Tam's article for The Times-Standard.
http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_15898836
