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Red.es: Broadband in Rural Areas Public Rural Access Points

Red.es: Broadband in Rural Areas Public Rural Access Points . Index. Rural Public Access Points Objectives and Budget Product Results Support and Maintenance Center (COM) Statistics Next steps. Rural Public Access Centres - Background. Presentation.

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Red.es: Broadband in Rural Areas Public Rural Access Points

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  1. Red.es: Broadband in Rural Areas Public Rural Access Points

  2. Index Rural Public Access Points • Objectives and Budget • Product • Results • Support and Maintenance Center (COM) Statistics • Next steps

  3. Rural Public Access Centres - Background Presentation • Accessing the Information Society (IS), means a great opportunity to improve people’s quality of life • Nevertheless, it could be a reason for discrimination due to the difference of opportunities for people depending on their possibility to access the Internet • Lack of broadband access by terrestrial technologies in remote and rural areas remains an unsolved issue mainly due to profitability reasons.

  4. Rural Public Access Centers - Investment Investment Rural Internet Ministry of Agriculture Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce County Councils and Regional Authorities* Red.es 2 M€ 0,6 M€ 11,3 M€ 14 M€ 28 M€ *Comunidades Autónomas

  5. Index Rural Public Access Points • Objectives and Budget • Product • Results • Support and Maintenance Center (COM) Statistics • Next steps

  6. Rural Public Access Centers Success keys • Red.es provides a complete solution with integral support service. • The ultimate objective of the Programme is to provide broadband Internet access to citizens living in rural or remote areas. • Centers are equipped with 4 networked terminals, Wireless LAN and peripheral units (printer, scannner and webcam). • Budget financed by EU ERDF, Red.es, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Industry and County Councils. • County Councils are engaged to develop training and dynamization activities to encourage the citizens to use these public access centers.

  7. 3 years of Broadband Internet connectivity Equipment of the centre and set up a public “hot spot” 3 years of support and maintenance of the equipment 3 years of remote control and management Installation and support Portals Connectivity Equipment and hot spot Control and management Training and Encouraging Internet use Portals with appropriate contents for rural areas Training and dynamization services Rural Public Access Centers - Product The solution is based on a complete, closed and customizable product. The product is defined by six components:

  8. Installation and support Portals Connectivity Equipment and hot spot Control and management Dinamization and training Rural Public Access Centers - Wi-Fi Hot Spots • “Pure hot-spot” configuration (really “plug&play”) • Solution is much more flexible, scalable, comfortable and easy to use • It is extremely easy to add new Internet access terminals • Local citizens and visitors may also have free Internet broadband access using their own Wi-Fi laptops

  9. Rural Public Access Centers - Equipment Internet VSAT (ODU) RACK IDU Access Point WIFI Additional PC Printer “Guest” Laptop PC Scanner PC

  10. Index Rural Public Access Points • Objectives and Budget • Product • Results • Support and Maintenance Center (COM) Statistics • Next steps

  11. Resultados: CONVOCATORIAS 2003 y 2004 (TOTAL: 1.515 Local entities) Rural Public Access Centers- Results

  12. Rural Public Access Centers - Impact • The programme will benefit 1.300.000 citizens • Currently 781 centers have been installed and 28.714 citizens are already registered as users • 800 new centers will be installed by March 2005

  13. Index Rural Public Access Points • Objectives and Budget • Product • Results • Support and Maintenance Center (COM) Statistics • Next steps

  14. COM Statistics/Sessions per day Evolution of Telecenter Sessions Dec 03 - Sept 04

  15. COM Statistics/Sessions Accumulated Number and Length of the Sessions in the telecenters The average length of the sessions in October 2005 has been of approximately 1 hour

  16. Utilización de los telecentros Users visiting the telecenter per week Persons using laptops per week

  17. Satisfacción con los telecentros Level of satisfaction with the equipment

  18. Index Rural Public Access Points • Objectives and Budget • Product • Results • Support and Maintenance Center (COM) Statistics • Next steps

  19. Rural Public AccessCentres – future actions • A new Agreement is about to be signed to enable further actions during 2005-2008. • The new Agreement aims at further extending the network of Broadband Public Access Centers. • 1.500 new Access Public Centers installed in rural areas and depressed urban areas. • Nearly all the Spanish municipalities with a population between 500 to 10.000 inhabitants will benefit from broadband Internet access through the Public Access Centers installed.

  20. GRACIAS POR SU ATENCIÓN THANK YOU

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