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Congressman Shuler visits ERC offices |
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Written by Bruce Dillard
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|  Asheville NC - Nov 9, 2011 - While visiting the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), Congressman Heath Shuler and Tom Karl of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) took time to visit the ERC offices to learn more about broadband growth in the region. ERC Executive Director, Hunter Goosmann, explained how the ERC is supporting exponential growth in broadband capacity for NCDC as well as advancing broadband growth in rural western North Carolina. Goosmann also explained the advances related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s stimulus efforts in the region. |
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ERC Broadband Announces RFQ for Construction in Buncombe County |
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Written by Bruce Dillard
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Wednesday, 05 October 2011 09:24 |
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Asheville, NC (Oct. 5, 2011) - The Education and Research Consortium of the Western Carolinas (ERC) is building to an additional location in Buncombe County as a part of The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative / BTOP2 Stimulus award. This location was not part of the original Construction RFP and is an underground build in an area that was designated as a predominately-aerial segment. The ERC is looking to receive additional quotes for construction and splicing. A location - A splice enclosure will be placed at the northwest corner of the Sardis Road and Brevard Road intersection. (Note: this enclosure in not in place at this time.) Z location – 330 Ridgefield Court. The Asheville campus of Montreat College This will be underground fiber construction, and ERC anticipates at least three hand-holes along this route. We request a 48 fiber count along this route to the campus and that all quotes include all construction costs, including splicing. We will be procuring construction materials via the BTOP2 materials RFP awardee, as well as certain splicing materials (splice enclosures, trays and heat shrinks). Other splicing materials will need to be included in the price to construct / splice. The original BTOP2 construction/splicing RFP is attached for reference on technical specifications and Davis-Bacon considerations. Note: MCNC will not be involved in this RFQ process. All questions and RFQ responses should be via email to
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. All quote responses must be received by 5PM 10/15/2011. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 06 October 2011 14:53 )
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City of Asheville sponsoring "Asheville Cloud Computing Day 2011" |
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Written by Bruce Dillard
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Friday, 22 July 2011 15:13 |
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Asheville, NC – July, 22 2011-The City of Asheville's IT Services team will be sponsoring "Asheville Cloud Computing Day 2011" on Aug. 10, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The event seeks to connect IT staff with members of the community who are involved with or have thoughts to share about cloud computing, a trend that promises to change computing in much the same way that the Internet did. Members of the community are invited to apply to present to other members of the community and members of the City of Asheville IT staff in a brief, 5-10 minute format, similar to a TED talk. Audio visual support will be provided if necessary. No formal application is needed; however, each prospective speaker must email NO MORE than 300 words describing the topic and the speaker's biography to
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. Up to 8 speakers will be selected. Questions about the event may be directed to @avlcio on Twitter, so that a public response may be given. Members of the community interested in attending the event are asked to RSVP via Twitter or email. The location will be announced closer to the date of the event. For information about Asheville's Information Technology Services program, please see http://ashevillenc.gov/its. This release can be found at http://www.ashevillenc.gov/news/news_releases/default.aspx?id=27898. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 22 July 2011 15:24 )
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Rutherford County Lands a Facebook Data Center |
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Written by Bruce Dillard
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Friday, 12 November 2010 12:02 |
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Forest City, NC – November 12, 2010 -- Rutherford County has announced that Facebook will build a $450 million data center in Forest City. Read the Citizen-Times write-up here. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 12 November 2010 12:37 )
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Governor Perdue Announces MCNC's Network Expansion |
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Written by Bruce Dillard
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Tuesday, 19 October 2010 13:52 |
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Hickory, NC – October 9, 2010 -The local Hickory Daily Record documents Governor Perdue’s trip to CommScope to announce MCNC’s network expansion funded by an ARRA stimulus award. To read more click here. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 October 2010 14:09 )
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