{"id":92,"date":"2013-02-24T15:00:39","date_gmt":"2013-02-24T20:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/industrial-authority-prospects-need-internet-broadband-speed-vlcia-2013-02-19.html"},"modified":"2013-02-24T15:00:39","modified_gmt":"2013-02-24T20:00:39","slug":"industrial-authority-prospects-need-internet-broadband-speed-vlcia-2013-02-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/industrial-authority-prospects-need-internet-broadband-speed-vlcia-2013-02-19.html","title":{"rendered":"Industrial Authority prospects need Internet broadband speed @ VLCIA 2013-02-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6rDoc_6du7M&amp;list=PLshUv86fYkiHaEK5PhHJ7p1RCtOz1PgWy&amp;index=9\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017ee8b58f3d970d\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017ee8b58f3d970d-pi.jpg\" \/><\/a>\nInternet access (as &quot;telecommunications infrastructure&quot;)\ncame up in Project Manager Allan Ricketts&#39; report to\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2013\/02\/broadband-on-the-table-vlcia-2013-02-19.html\">\nthe Industrial Authority 19 February 2013<\/a>\nas a requirement for\n<a href=\"#Service\">\na Fortune 500 customer service operation<\/a>\nand\nfor a\n<a href=\"#Health\">\nNational health care service provider<\/a>,\nboth considering locating here,\nalso as\n<a href=\"#Bandwidth\">bandwidth<\/a>,\nas a requirement for\n<a href=\"#Jobs\">jobs<\/a>.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-style: normal\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6rDoc_6du7M&amp;list=PLshUv86fYkiHaEK5PhHJ7p1RCtOz1PgWy&amp;index=9\" name=\"Service\">\nFortune 500 customer service operation<\/a>\n<br \/>\nNeeds secure telecommunications infrastructure; site visit 5 March. (And\nonce again Col. Ricketts believes a company that says we&#39;re the primary\noption, without any sign of any due diligence to find out whether that&#39;s true.)\n<br \/>\nLater,\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h1fTJCUr28E&amp;list=PLshUv86fYkiHaEK5PhHJ7p1RCtOz1PgWy\" name=\"Jobs\">\nTom Call asked<\/a>\nhow many jobs that company might bring, and Col. Ricketts elaborated\non 100 jobs or more, with some detail on timeframe for bringing them on.\n<br \/>\nThen\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h1fTJCUr28E&amp;list=PLshUv86fYkiHaEK5PhHJ7p1RCtOz1PgWy\" name=\"Bandwidth\">\nChairman Roy Copeland asked for elaboration<\/a>\non the telecommunications infrastructure issue.\nCol. Ricketts&#39; answer was support for the training facility was what\nwas needed, including bandwidth and security.\n<li style=\"font-style: normal\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9ajlHvAslZY&amp;list=PLshUv86fYkiHaEK5PhHJ7p1RCtOz1PgWy\" name=\"Health\">\nNational health care service provider<\/a>\n<br \/>\nNeeds telecommunications infrastructure.\n<\/li><\/li><\/ul>\n<p>\nContinued in the\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2013\/02\/companies-need-broadband-especially-in-rural-areas-of-our-county-andrea-schruijer-vlcia-2013-02-19.html\">\nnext post<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#39;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiE7YkPn71zSYTEXtiCvVuRe\">\na video playlist<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLshUv86fYkiE7YkPn71zSYTEXtiCvVuRe\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Internet access (as &quot;telecommunications infrastructure&quot;) came up in Project Manager Allan Ricketts&#39; report to the Industrial Authority 19 February 2013 as a requirement for a Fortune 500 customer service operation and for a National health care service provider, both considering locating here, also as bandwidth, as a requirement for jobs. 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