Category: Blog
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Link Oregon Year in Review (2024): A Sharper Focus on Oregon Research Innovation
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In 2024, we continued to deliver on our core mission of broadband connectivity for Oregon’s public and non-profit sectors with a persistent focus on member service and delight. In a world where connectivity is a premium yet mostly invisible “utility”, we firmly believe that operators of Research and Education Networks (RENs) will continue to move…
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2024 Annual Member Meeting Highlights
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The full recording is available here. Link Oregon’s annual member meeting for 2024, held on June 24th via Zoom, brought together a diverse community of members and partners in the broadband ecosystem from Oregon and across the country to share insights about broadband and digital equity efforts. Panelists included local, statewide and regional leaders from…
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Strategic Middle Mile Investments Can Minimize Last Mile Islands but Choosing Right Fiber is Key
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In 2023, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded a grant to Zayo Group, LLC for $48 million to address a long-standing set of middle mile needs in Oregon as well as parts of California and Nevad.. The grant was part of NTIA’s Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program, a $980 million program which…
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With Artificial Intelligence, Fiber Optic Broadband Finds Its Ultimate App
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Last week, one of Link Oregon’s founding members—Oregon State University—celebrated the groundbreaking of the Jen-Hsun Huang and Lori Mills Huang Collaborative Innovation Complex, which will be home to one of the world’s fastest university supercomputers capable of training very large artificial intelligence (AI) models and advancing research in other computationally-intensive domains such as materials science,…
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2023 In Review: Laying The Groundwork For Broadband & Digital Equity For All Oregonians
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As we prepare to see 2023 in our rear-view mirrors, what stands out the most is the significant body of activity undertaken this year by the State of Oregon (led by the Oregon Broadband Office or the “OBO”) to lay the groundwork for anticipated historic levels of broadband investment by the National Telecommunications and Information…
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Legislative Session Successes: Broadband & Cybersecurity
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The 83rd Oregon Legislature declared “sine die” (the conclusion of the legislative session) on June 25, just hours before the constitutional deadline to conduct business on the Senate floor and vote on bills and budgets. The six-week walkout by some Senators threatened to prevent votes on key state investment and policy bills that would help…
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Link Oregon Strategic Plan
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The Board of Directors adopted Link Oregon’s first strategic plan in April 2023. The plan was developed in consultation with staff and members from all sectors. Read our strategic plan here.
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On Internet Exchange Points and Local Peering in the Time of COVID-19
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One lesson that the COVID-19 pandemic has already taught us is the importance of getting engaged and responding quickly in the face of the unexpected. And while it’s not clear exactly what impact working from home while sheltering in place will have on our networks over the long haul, we do know that network traffic…
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Partnering for Better Public and Non-Profit Connectivity across Oregon
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Oregon boasts a stunning coastline, lush forests, snow-covered peaks and astonishing desert landscapes — but communities in these remote areas often face significant limitations when it comes to network connectivity. What will it take to provide Oregon’s public and non-profit organizations with the connectivity they require to best serve their communities? For public sector and…