Connected Texas Launches Web site to Solicit Citizen Feedback About Broadband

AUSTIN– Today, the Texas Department of Agriculture and Connected Nation launched a Web site for Texas’ comprehensive broadband mapping initiative. The site is designed to collect information from Texans to help identify current broadband availability across the state and highlight areas that are currently unserved by a broadband provider. The Web site, www.connectedtx.org, allows for consumer feedback and broadband validation.

View Press Release here.

Connected Nation and ESRIs partnership to benefit state-based broadband initiatives

On Monday, ESRI issued a news release about its BroadbandStat, the company’s new Web application that provides tools for mapping broadband coverage and planning broadband initiatives. The BroadbandStat solution features a dashboard-style display that provides an interactive map and options that make it easy to combine data in different ways for viewing and analyzing.

The BroadbandStat solution is currently under development for use in Connected Nation’s state-based broadband initiatives.

To learn more about BroadbandStat, visit www.esri.com/bbstat. To view the interactive mapping tool already in use by Connected Nation, visit:

• http://www.connectedtennessee.org/


• http://www.connectohio.org/


• http://www.connectmn.org/


• http://www.connectnorthcarolina.org/


• http://www.connectkansas.org/


• http://www.connectkentucky.org/


• http://www.connectednation.org/.