What exactly is Nevada County Connected?
Nevada County Connected is the name of a proposed project to build a carrier-grade middle-mile wireless broadband infrastructure that will provide high speed Internet connections for government, schools, public safety, residences and businesses. Under the auspices of the Nevada County Community Broadband Leadership Council — a committee of the Nevada County Economic Resource Council (NCERC) — and with assistance from Nevada County’s CIO, technology was identified that could best meet the Internet access needs of our community now and into the future. The key elements for technology selection were sustainability (could the system utilize new wireless technologies in the years ahead), scalability (could it grow both in available bandwidth and location), accessibility (could it be an open network for multiple uses, frequencies, and wireless technologies), redundancy (could it function if a link in its network is damaged), and immediacy (could it be built within the tight time constraints
