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Blog // Connected Texas

04/18/12

Validating Texas Broadband Service

By CTX Staff

Contributor: Dwayne Goodman We hope you enjoyed our blog yesterday about the different broadband delivery methods.  If you haven't checked it out, do so now!  Today, we're looking at how our team goes about validating the different broadband methods to provide more accurate, useful mapping of broadband availability. Validation: Residents typically come away with a better understanding of the insider terms, like “fixed wireless,” after they’ve been exposed to our engineering work and validation efforts across Texas. Our team of engineers verifies each of these platforms above by going out into the field with tools, test equipment...

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04/12/12

Broadband Internet Access Basics

By CTX Staff

Contributor: Dwayne Goodman I have encountered occasional misunderstandings about broadband technologies during my grassroots engineering work across Texas.  There are several types of broadband delivery methods, or “broadband platforms”, used in Texas today. We talk a lot about broadband and bringing it to more homes, businesses, and communities across the nation.  But do you know the different delivery methods for making that access and adoption possible?  If not, don't worry, you're not alone.   The type of broadband available in any given area of our state can depend on several factors- Is population dense or sparse?...

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12/02/11

In the Pines: Folklore Woes Come to Modern Life

By Jeremy Thacker

  How ETS crews are overcoming the Texas Pine Tree problem American folk and rock singers from Dolly Parton to Nirvana have been telling of troubles “In The Pines” for more than a century. The song is haunting, and now, new research is making it clear that the woeful tale of the pine trees will continue to haunt us into realms that old mountain singers could never have imagined. It turns out, “In the Pines, where the sun never shines” is also the perfect place to end up in a wireless service “dead zone.” According to Wireless Crash Course, by Paul Bedell, pine needles are organic material made up mostly of water. That means they are...

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