LONGWAY BROADBAND SERVICES
"HELPING ENSURE BROADBAND FOR PEOPLE EVERYWHERE"
PRESIDENT & CEO:
Mr. Joseph C. Longway
WELCOME TO LONGWAY BROADBAND SERVICES
Longway Broadband Services based in Mount Juliet, Tennessee 37122 is a sole proprietorship, trade name, and certified business with the Tennessee Governor's Office of Diversity Business Enterprise "Small Business Enterprise" and State of Virginia's Department of Minority Business Enterprise (DBME) "Small, Woman and/or Minority-owned (SWaM)". Please click the “About Us” tab to learn more about our staff and specialties.
Longway Broadband Services provides national consulting services in all facets of Broadband, Engineering, and IT/GIS for the Department of Transportation, Federal, State, County, City, and for Private Companies. We also provide these directed services for BIP/BTOP, RUS/RES, NTIA Broadband Construction, Mapping & Planning and GIS/CAD Design, especially related to understanding Broadband Requirements in new or existing Smart Grid technologies, FTTX, FTTN, FTTCT, WIMAX, Cable, Telephone, Wireless, LTE, and copper networks. We also provide services in setting up any information technology, drafting, cost estimation, and website design. We also have the know-how to design, understand, and implement Broadband/IT/GIS solutions for businesses or government agencies giving them a leaner operation and competitive advantage.
Longway Broadband Services has the firsthand experience with OSP/ISP build outs and proposing broadband to the private and public sector. By choosing us you will get first class experts from throughout the country in the broadband availability, helping underserved areas, and establishing state programs. Many of these federal and state broadband programs only provide generic maps (GIS) availability or speed maps but very little explanation of the "WHAT"...the guts of the problem. We will explain to your organization in layman’s terms the broadband needs based on the existing maps and/or generate new GIS maps/analysis based on the most current available information. So your organization can ask the hard questions and get the answers that will benefit everyone.
Longway Broadband Services have been providing outstanding, reliable broadband, engineering, and technology consulting services throughout the country for almost a decade. Let us help you design, understand, and implement a broadband/IT/GIS solution for your business or organization that will give you a competitive advantage. In today's economy, broadband computing and market penetration, it is essential that your broadband services and GIS Analysis is accurate, up to date, and secure. As we all know, broadband deployment is key to the economic development and survival of businesses and communities. Developing a clear broadband network or understanding that will grow your business and will be supported by the community. Contact Longway Broadband Services today at jlongway@longwaybroadband.com or by clicking Contact Us. You just cannot afford not to!!!
· Longway Broadband Services has high level PhD, MBA, Project Managers, OSP/ISP Engineers, RF Engineers, GIS/CAD Experts, and others to support any proposed projects.
· Longway Broadband Services help with consulting and proposed Broadband, Engineering, & CAD/GIS services.
· Longway Broadband Services will support and monitor state and local broadband efforts throughout the country.
· Longway Broadband Services will review and make recommendations for grant and loan requirements for the following programs(Infrastructure, Public Computer Centers, Sustainable Broadband Adoption)
· Longway Broadband Services will help you develop a comprehensive broadband/technology assessment planning for your state, region, county, city, or locale.
· Longway Broadband Services will provide individual broadband consulting services to national, state, county, city, business leaders, schools, legislators, senators, council members, judges, CEO, and whoever has a need for broadband services.
· Longway Broadband Services will provide Project Management Support to start or upgrade an existing GIS Department.
NATIONAL & TENNESSEE BROADBAND NEWS:
· The final $787bn law, called the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), has provisioned $4.35bn for expanding wireless and broadband Internet coverage.
· NTIA Broadband Technology Opportunities Program - $4.7 billion (Expanding public computing center capacity $200 million, Creation of sustainable adoption $250 million, Household Level Broadband Inventory Map Development & Maintenance $350 million, infrastructure $3.9 billion)
· $2.5bn of this is being allocated for rural broadband Internet services and is being dumped into the US Department of Agriculture's rural grants and loans programs.
· USDA Rural Utilities Services Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Grant Program - $2.5 billion
· The stimulus package signed by President Obama has $350 million in it for broadband.
· All information can be found at this website called: www.broadbandusa.gov
· Summary of State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program Eligible Applications: http://www.broadbandusa.gov/files/BroadbandMapping_applicantlist_090909.pdf Individual Applications: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/applications/results.htm
· Round 1 of NTIA broadband mapping and planning funds completed and has begun funding for the ARRA.
· Round 1 of NTIA broadband projects for middle mile, last mile, public commuting, sustainable adaption has COMPLETED funding for the ARRA.
· Round 2 of NTIA broadband projects for middle mile, last mile, public commuting, sustainable adaption has begun to accept applications for the ARRA.
· An increase in broadband availability in Tennessee could generate $2.4 billion in economic impact, including the creation of nearly 50,000 jobs, according to a study by Connected Nation, a nonprofit organization that promotes broadband Internet.
· Statewide, 47 percent of Tennessee businesses have a Web site, a 12 percent increase from July 2007.
· June 13, 2011 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined Administration officials today to announce initiatives aimed at modernizing the nation's electric grid http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2011/06/0247.xml&contentidonly=true
LONGWAY BROADBAND SERVICES MAKES HEADLINES:
1. http://broadbandcensus.com/tag/longway-broadband-services/
Posted: June 15, 2009
"States Take Up Action"
by: Drew Clark
2. http://cupofjoepowell.blogspot.com/2009/06/broadband-mapping-in-tennessee-low.html
Posted: June 30, 2009
"Broadband Mapping In Tennessee Low Priority"
by: Joseph Powell
3. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/art-brodsky/texas-and-tennessee-have_b_222498.html
Posted: June 29, 2009
"Texas and Tennessee have Fun With Broadband Money"
by: Art Brodsky
4. http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/2507
Posted: June 28, 2009
"Cautionary Stories of the State of Mapping Broadband - Texas and Tennessee"
by: Art Brodsky
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