Please help us create the Broadband network the Tahoe Basin needs to prosper!
Connected Tahoe is bringing gigabit level service to the entire Basin by collaborating with local providers, jurisdictions, the California Public Utilities Commission, and communities to find the most economically, environmentally, and fiscally solvent solutions for our region. We are working to facilitate broadband infrastructure projects in problem areas throughout the Basin. This is being done by working with the CPUC to identify Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that are ready, able, and willing to provide infrastructure, through our push for a Basin-wide “dig once policy,” and by ensuring that broadband infrastructure is included in any and all planning efforts in Lake Tahoe.
Access to fast and reliable Broadband internet and cell service is critical for our local businesses, students, remote workers, and visitors. Without adequate service, there is no way for people to reliably receive emergency alerts during peak season, work from home, receive telehealthcare, or establish a business that needs the internet to operate successfully. Unfortunately, within the Basin, there are still many areas that don’t have access to reliable internet, cell service, or deal with outages due to inclement weather or too many visitors in town.
Reliable internet is needed to catalyze economic development, galvanize public safety, healthcare, education, and to position the Tahoe Basin to receive the most advanced technologies for internet access now and in the future. We also do this in the most environmentally sensitive way, by reducing the number of towers needed and under-grounding broadband fiber.
