EAGLE-Net Alliance

EAGLE-Net Alliance

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Monday, August 8, 2011 

EAGLE-Net Alliance Receives Environmental Assessment Approval

 

BROOMFIELD, CO (August 8, 2011) - EAGLE-Net Alliance (EAGLE-Net) has received approval from the federal government to begin the next phase of the $100.6 million Broadband Technology and Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant received in September 2010.

 

EAGLE-Net has received notice that its Environmental Assessment has been approved and that it has received a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) which oversees the BTOP program.

 

According to Randy Zila, CEO of EAGLE-Net Alliance, "This approval allows us to move into the next phase of the grant and begin constructing connections to the identified community anchor institutions in our grant application."

 

EAGLE-Net will be working collaboratively with public-private partners to construct a broadband network across the state of Colorado that will connect 234 community anchor institutions. Included in the grant application are all 178 public school districts, 26 libraries, 15 community colleges, 3 institutions of higher education and 12 Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES).

 

"EAGLE-Net will work with providers in a public-private capacity to deliver broadband throughout Colorado," according to Denise Atkinson-Shorey, President. "Through this expansion, EAGLE-Net will enable school children and community members to gain access to opportunities that were previously unattainable."

 

The expansion of broadband connectivity and services through EAGLE-Net benefits the entire state of Colorado. With its Round-2 BTOP funding, EAGLE-Net is focused on fostering and expanding educational opportunities in the K-12 public school sector. EAGLE-Net is also working with higher education institutions and libraries to expand their broadband connectivity options and access to research and education networks like Internet2.

 

EAGLE-Net's fully collaborative and secure high-speed broadband network will continue to expand and enhance available services for education, research, healthcare, workforce development, local government and public safety. EAGLE-Net will also make available excess network capacity to private sector providers for their own expansion needs.

 

EAGLE-Net is excited to move into the next phase of the project and begin connecting all four corners of the state onto one network.

 

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About EAGLE-Net Alliance

 

The EAGLE-Net (Educational Access Gateway Learning Environment Network) Alliance (EAGLE-Net) is an intergovernmental entity which operates a Colorado cost-sharing consortium that provides a fully collaborative and secure high-speed broadband network.

 

EAGLE-Net offers a carrier quality broadband network that provides commodity Internet and advanced education and research networks to Colorado school districts and other community anchor institutions.

 

EAGLE-Net was awarded a Round-2 $100.6 million BTOP (Broadband Technology Opportunities Program) grant in September 2010. Through public-private partnerships, EAGLE-Net will bring broadband service to community anchor institutions across Colorado including all 178 public school districts, libraries, higher education institutions, BOCES and other community anchor institutions such as city halls and public safety facilities.

 

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