“E-health saved a life tonight”
11.22.11
When health IT helped save a life in Memphis, a follow-up study revealed It sharing also saved money. Read More »
Tennessee Archives
Broadband is Critical to Tennessee’s Economic Growth
06.01.11
A new report by Connected Tennessee, a branch of Connected Nation and Speed Matters partner, reveals that high-speed Internet connections are increasingly critical to business growth across the state. Read More »
CWA and Speed Matters release 2010 Report on Internet Speeds in All 50 States
12.15.10
On Wednesday, December 15, the Communications Workers of America and the Speed Matters campaign released the 2010 Report on Internet Speeds in all 50 States. Read More »
Commerce announces $28.5 million in grant money for One Economy
04.30.10
Speed Matters' partner One Economy was awarded $28.5 million in grant money to expand high-speed Internet in underserved communities in the latest round of NITA's Broadband Opportunity funding. Read More »
Eighteen states and two territories ring in the New Year with NTIA grants
01.05.10
Between December 22 and December 31, The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced an additional twenty broadband mapping and planning grants in eighteen states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Read More »
Rural Tennessee church connected by Computers 4 Kids
10.09.09
Students attending the Saint John Baptist Church After-School program were in for quite a surprise recently when twenty new computers were delivered to the church. Donated by Speed Matters partner Connected Tennessee, the computers transformed the church into a hub of connectivity in a Western Tennessee community that previously had limited access to broadband. Read More »
Connected Nation launches tool that tracks availability on the census block level
07.21.09
Speed Matters partner Connected Nation has launched a new tool to assist applicants for broadband stimulus funds made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The interactive map shows broadband availability down to the Census Block level. The tool is open to the general public, though state leaders, broadband providers, and broadband advocates will find it most useful. Users can look at any Census Block within Tennessee and Ohio to find the number of served and unserved households. Read More »
Half of Tennessee on wrong side of digital divide
05.01.09
The lack of broadband access and adoption in Tennessee - as elsewhere - creates a significant disadvantage for state residents and businesses, as reported in The Tennessean. Read More »
Tennessee’s telemedicine project to be expanded
01.29.09
Thanks to a $1.8 million grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee Health Foundation, an existing telemedicine network will be expanded to 11 rural sites throughout the state to benefit pregnant women. Read More »
Getting kids online in Tennessee
12.23.08
Connected Tennessee has selected Chattanooga's Partnership for Families, Children and Adults and the Children's Home/Chambliss Shelter as the recipients of its latest donation. Read More »
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