[CUWiN] Grant Opportunity: Wireless Community Initiative
Sascha Meinrath <[email protected]>
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Here's a grant for a small commmunity that doesn't already have broadband service. --Sascha -- Sascha Meinrath Project Manager & President * Project Manager Acorn Worker Collective *** Eggplant Active Media www.acorncollective.com * www.eggplantmedia.com ************************************************************* Forwarded on behalf of Wheat Wireless Services - please direct all inquries to Grant Coordinator Michael Troutman, Wheat International Communications, [email protected], 703-262-9100: ========================== WHEAT WIRELESS SERVICES EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNITY INITIATIVE GRANT Reston, Va., 23 June 2004 -- Wheat Wireless Services Inc., a provider of long-range wireless broadband Internet access, today announced a new application deadline for the Wireless Community Initiative Grant being offered to one small community in the United States. The new deadline is set for July 16, 2004. Through the grant, Wheat Wireless Services, Inc. is offering $100,000 in wireless networking hardware and network engineering services to one small community in the United States. "We are pleased to use our cutting edge communications technologies to assist in the technology advancement of cities and towns," said Forrest C. Wheat, Sr., president and chief executive officer of Wheat Wireless Services. "We have had a very positive response to the grant, especially recently and the extended deadline will allow interested parties additional time to complete the application and pursue this opportunity." The Wireless Community Initiative Grant may be used to set up wireless initiatives such as providing Internet access within a public library, setting up public or pay-per-use wireless hot spots, or adding Internet services to emergency vehicles. The community selected for this grant will have a resident population between 7,500 and 25,000. The target population must not currently have a commercial broadband solution such as DSL or cable Internet and the town?s geography should be one advantageous to wireless line-of-site networking, such as a valley or flat community. This grant is limited to small communities located within the continental United States and is redeemable in network engineering services and Wheat Wireless Services equipment for up to one year after the grant is awarded. The grant application is available at www.wheatwireless.net or by contacting the grant coordinator, Michael Troutman, at 703-262-9100 or via e-mail at [email protected]. Interested parties should submit their application to the following address no later than July 16, 2004: Wheat Wireless Services - Broadband Services Division ATTN: Wireless Community Initiative Grant Committee 1890 Preston White Drive, Suite 300 Reston, VA 20191 Parties may also submit their application online at www.wheatwireless.net. The Grant Committee will accept application documents in Adobe PDF and RTF formats. The winning applicant will be announced July 30, 2004. Details will be posted on the Wheat Wireless Website following the announcement. About Wheat Wireless Services Headquartered in Reston, Virginia and with offices in Honolulu, Hawaii, San Diego, California and South Florida, Wheat Wireless Services, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wheat International Communications Corporation (www.wheatintl.com). Since 1987 Wheat International has specialized in engineering and managing large, complex WAN and LAN based networks. Wheat Wireless Services provides commercial, recreational and residential broadband Internet via satellite and wireless 802.11x (WiFi) technology. Grant Coordinator Michael Troutman Wheat International Communications [email protected] 703-262-9100 Media Contacts Sean Lynch Wheat International Communications [email protected] 703-262-9100 Josephine Guerrero Coltrin & Associates [email protected] 212-221-1616 ext.124 _______________________________________________ CU-Wireless mailing list [email protected] http://lists.cu.groogroo.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/cu-wireless Project Page: http://cuwireless.ucimc.org