Connecting for the Future: Issues in Tribal Telecommunications and Information Technology

Randy Ross and Craig Campbell recently attended that 59th session of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) in San Diego. With the help of Tachyon staff, they ran a booth that highlighted ADEC, Tribal College members, and Tachyon. A "live" dish was temporarily installed on the convention center roof providing direct and wireless internet access in the booth. Also on display was Tachyon's quick-deploy system (a modification on the standard CPE) which can be set-up in 30 minutes without any tools. The internet cafe was a hit as we had a good deal of traffic over the course of the week-long convention.

Randy and Craig also presented during the telecom breakout session entitled Connecting for the Future: Issues in Tribal Telecommunications and Information Technology. The presentations took place over two afternoons and provided a glimpse at current telecom issues, projects, and solutions in Indian Country. A detailed listing of the participants along with documents is available on the NCAI website at:
http://www.indiantech.org/main/pages/San%20Diego%20Breakout/San_Diego_Breakout.asp

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Andy Ewert, Director of Sales at Tachyon checks his e-mail. Andy was instrumental in helping us run the booth over the course of the week.	John McCoy, Governmental Affairs Director, Tulalip Tribes and Geoffrey Blackwell, Attorney Advisor and Liaison to Tribal Governments for the Federal Communications Commission in the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau search the internet and discuss.
The ADEC booth is ready to go!	Tachyon Field Engineer Tony Graziano and his crew install the "live" CPE on the roof. They worked hard on set-up and tear-down of the Tachyon equipment