Readers of CENIC Today will recall the Central Valley Next Generation Broadband  Infrastructure Project from the December 5 issue, where it was announced that the project was ready to launch  construction. CENIC together with the Central  Valley Independent Network established a strategic relationship to
develop  and deliver a middle-mile broadband fiber-based infrastructure throughout 18  counties in Central California: Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Fresno,  Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Nevada, Placer, San Joaquin, Stanislaus,  Sutter, Tulare, Tuolumne, and Yuba. In August 2010, CVIN, on behalf of the  CVIN-CENIC partnership, was awarded a $46.62 million stimulus grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act  (ARRA) through the National  Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Subsequently, CVIN  also received a $6.66 million grant from the CPUC's California Advanced Services  Fund. CVIN's Affiliates committed an additional $13.32 million to complete the  funding for this $66.6 million
project. 

CENIC is delighted to report that its network engineers turned  up 10 Gigabit backbone links in preparation for the Project buildout.  CENIC  Today readers will be kept up to date on the latest news on the Project
and  other infrastructure projects that CENIC is a part of as developments occur.

Read the update....

By Ed Smith
CENIC