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Broadband as a Rural Utility

Post author By Marc Czarnecki
Post date January 23, 2021
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REA Brought Electricity to Rural America

The availability of power can be taken for granted. As Lamar Owen, Chief Technology Officer at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) relates to the Rural Electrification Act (REA).

The Rural Electrification Act of 1936, enacted on May 20, 1936, provided federal loans for the installation of electrical distribution systems to serve isolated rural areas of the United States.
The funding was channeled through cooperative electric power companies, hundreds of which still exist today.[1] These member-owned cooperatives purchased power on a wholesale basis and distributed it using their own network of transmission and distribution lines. The Rural Electrification Act was also an attempt made by FDR’s New Deal to deal with high unemployment.
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Rural Broadband Implementation Act

Shouldn’t broadband also become something similar to REA?

A Rural Broadband Implementation Act?

Lamar Owen discusses the topic and how it relates to rural and mountainous Transylvania County, NC in the video below.

Broadband as a Utility in Rural America

Broadband at PARI Series

PARI Website

https://www.pari.edu/

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Video Conferencing and Education

Post author By Marc Czarnecki
Post date January 19, 2021

Broadband Matters

WNC Broadband Project series on broadband continues at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute with Marc Czarnecki learning from Lamar Owen, Chief Technology Officer at PARI… why broadband matters with video conferencing for education.

Broadband latency is critical to ‘glitch-freeness’ as Lamar states.

Bandwidth is really key. Latency is key reliability for glitch-freeness which is very important to the student experience to keep the educational experience from being impeded by technical issues.
Lamar Owen, CTO at PARI

Lamar Owen provides technical perspectives from PARI on broadband and latency.

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Broadband at PARI Series

PARI Website

https://www.pari.edu/

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Virtual Education with Broadband

Post author By Marc Czarnecki
Post date January 17, 2021

Broadband at PARI or the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute series continues; with the topic of virtual education.

Lamar Owens, Chief Technology Officer discusses that good broadband is needed for:

Space Kits program – https://www.pari.edu/camps/space-at-home/
- Funding by NASA
- Administration by Southwestern Community College in Sylva, NC – https://www.southwesterncc.edu/
Video conference with Dr. Patricia Craig – https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricia-craig-b1495788/
Using online tools like :
- Discord for students to communicate directly via voice, video, or text, and join servers where larger communities can interact together.
- GroupMe for private chat room for small groups.

Broadband at PARI Series

PARI Website

https://www.pari.edu/

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Future of Broadband at PARI

Post author By Marc Czarnecki
Post date January 16, 2021
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As part 4 of a series of questions for Marc Czarnecki, WNC Broadband Project Team; Lamar Owen, Chief Technology Officer at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute or PARI was ask about the future of broadband for their area.

Resiliency or the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties – completing a fiber loop to Jackson County and Western Carolina University
Lamar Owen, CTO at PARI

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PARI Website

https://www.pari.edu/

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Broadband Enabled

Post author By Marc Czarnecki
Post date January 14, 2021

What has broadband enabled at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI)?

As part 3 of the WNC Broadband Project’s inquiry around high speed internet at PARI, Chief Technology Officer Lamar Owen provides insights in this video recording to Marc Czarnecki.

Also see – PARI Broadband Series

Part 1 – Introduction to Lamar

Part 2 – History of Broadband at PARI

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Broadband History

PARI’s Internet Connectivity

NO, broadband did NOT fall out of the sky and land in Rosman, NC; although PARI does have an impressive collection of artifacts from outside of our planet earth.

World-Class Collection of ‘Things from the Sky’

In part 1 of this series, Lamar Owen, Chief Technology Officer at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute continues to answer Marc Czarnecki’s inquiry about the history of broadband at PARI.

Part 3 – What has broadband enabled at PARI?

More about PARI’s World Class Facility, including their exhibit galleries – https://www.pari.edu/about/our-facility/

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Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute

Post author By Marc Czarnecki
Post date January 13, 2021
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Intro to Lamar Owen, Chief Technology Officer

Broadband in Western North Carolina can be hidden and the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) has a hidden gem of broadband knowledge.

Marc Czarnecki of the Western North Carolina Broadband Project Team had the special opportunity to seed a series of broadband questions with Lamar Owen, Chief Technology Officer of PARI.