Delivering Computer Packages to Roane County Students

ROANEnet (roanenet.org), a non-profit 501(c)(3) advocate for affordable, robust and reliable high-speed internet access, equitable availability of digital devices and digital literacy skills training delivered our first refurbished computer package to a deserving young student. Today, Savanna Dandron, a 2nd grader at Bowers Elementary, is receiving her free “new” computer package complete with a desktop computer, mouse, keyboard, monitor, printer, […]

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Upload Speeds Matter: Why Cable and DSL Home Internet Speeds are Outdated.

Customers of the local cable and telephone companies that don’t have fiber to the home available and left with no better option for upload speed greater than 20 Mbps are finding out that those speeds just aren’t good enough. Why? Primarily because cloud-based security cameras can chew up 6 to 20 Mbps per camera. 10 years ago, if you had […]

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