Facilitating Broadband Capabilities To Address Communal Concerns

by | Apr 19, 2023 | Podcast | 0 comments

Craig Settles

Craig “CJ” Settles is an industry analyst, speaker, and author. Saved from a stroke by telehealth, he now unites community broadband teams and healthcare stakeholders through telehealth projects that transform healthcare delivery. CJ conducts industry needs analyses to improve economic development, healthcare, education, and local government. He has provided community broadband consulting services since authoring Fighting the Good Fight for Municipal Wireless in 2005. 

 
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Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn: 

  • [4:54] CJ Settles talks about AI’s potential in telehealth
  • [8:36] How have broadband networks been deployed in underserved communities?
  • [14:41] The challenges of implementing broadband networks 
  • [21:22] CJ discusses community efforts to establish broadband action teams 
  • [32:36] Educating communities to utilize broadband technology
  • [39:01] CJ’s most memorable books and inspiring advice

In this episode…

With the healthcare industry adopting digital technology, the demand for telehealth to address long-term care management has increased. This requires widespread access to reliable broadband connections. But insufficient funding hinders deployment for underserved communities. So how are governments addressing these concerns, and how can you facilitate their efforts?

At the end of 2021, a congressional bill was passed to permit spending for broadband networks and establish infrastructure in major cities. But this has raised practical concerns regarding implementation and allocation to support and prioritize needs. As technology continues to innovate and evolve, industry analyst CJ Settles observes that governments must anticipate trends and adapt broadband capabilities to ensure efficiency and sustainability. Cities including Chattanooga, Long Beach, and Santa Monica have developed broadband community action councils to assess demands, facilitate decision-making, and initiate structured funding and deployment approaches.

Join Rolando Rosas and Dave Kelly on this episode of What The Teck? as they interview telehealth and broadband activist Craig “CJ” Settles about deploying broadband networks in communities. CJ talks about AI’s adoption in healthcare, community efforts to establish broadband action teams, and how to educate communities about broadband technologies.

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Episode Transcript:

Intro 0:11

Welcome to the What The Teck? podcast where we talk about business and Office Technology and put our 20 years of expertise to discussing trends and issues impacting the workplace.

Rolando Rosas 0:23

Hi there, and welcome to What The Teck? I’m Rolando 

Dave Kelly 0:26

and I’m Dave Kelly.

Rolando Rosas 0:28

And we are your co hosts for What to Teck? where we talk to business and tech influencers to gain their insights in today’s evolving business world.

Dave Kelly 0:37

Yeah, that’s right. That is what we do. But hey, before we jump into things and introduce our guests, we want to give big props to some people that are out there Rolando.

Rolando Rosas 0:47

Absolutely Dave, you go for it. 

Dave Kelly 0:49

You hit the first one. Hey, listen, big props to Ronnell Richards of Business & Bourbon. He just brought out a brand new book, I love the title of it, Shut The Hell Up And Sell. Really cool. He does a lot of live events. I caught him during the middle of the pandemic started following some of the things that he does. He also just launched a live podcast also called Shut The Hell Up. And so he just did his first episode. It was funny, very insightful. It was nice to hear from other business insiders and sales professionals will line up because some of the advice that his guests was talking about was advice that we share internally and some of the things they want to practice. So check him out on Amazon on YouTube, Shut The Hell Up. And so Business & Bourbon Ronnell love what you do out there, buddy.

Rolando Rosas 1:38

Ronnell is doing some good things out there. And I also want to give big props to Chad Rubin of Profasee. He came on the podcast last week to tell us about AI in how it’s being used on Amazon so that sellers can maximize profits. You know, they’ve anything that can tell me how it can make more money on Amazon, as you know, we sell on Amazon as well. How can we make more money, and in this case, Chad had a lot of stuff on the AI side and how that’s being used today on Amazon. So you can catch all these episodes on circuit loops.com Go ahead and check out Chad’s episode. Big props to you, Chad with your new gig at Profasee. Today’s episode is sponsored by Circuitloops, you probably are paying for slow, outdated business internet, stop doing that the internet is your connection to the world. And for less than a cup of coffee. You can prevent unforeseen outages that can be costly in the 1000s. You know, we had Charinna on a couple of weeks ago of Data Canopy. And she was telling us that businesses are spending with outages and the sword upwards of $12,000 an hour and in some cases more depending on the type of business that you’re in. So the easiest, best way to prevent all that is by having a nice backup internet connection for less than a cup of coffee a day. You can go to circuitloops.com To get an instant quote today. And a proposal for fast fiber Internet and backup wireless. And the best part you know about that Dave? In 60 seconds or less you get that customized proposal delivered to you right online and also into your inbox. So check out circuitloops.com

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