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From the Idaho Business Review, Three Idaho hospitals, along with 18 Washington hospitals, are wired, according to a national health services network magazine. Coeur d'Alene's Kootenai Health is on the list.
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This report, released recently by the Federal Communications Commission, is a great read for those interested in this compelling problem of access to the Internet in rural parts of America.
Here at home, Intermax is well ahead of the curve, having built the largest private microwave network in North Idaho and serving 1,200 businesses and residences in Kootenai and Bonner Counties alone.
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From a New York Times Online Story today, linked below: "Like the millions of Americans who are ditching their landlines and relying solely on cellphones, these cable cutters are using new technology to redefine what is necessary and what is accessory, watching television when they want as opposed to when it is broadcast, and saving a few dollars.
"So many of my friends treated cable as a utility, that it wasn't a home until it was set up," said Nick Jackson, 24, who lives on the Lower East Side and works in publishing. "I basically chose Internet over the cable."
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Lake Pend Oreille School District in Sandpoint, Idaho has always had a “Yes You Can!” attitude. Since the dawn of the World Wide Web, the district’s teachers have held cupcake bake sales to help fund dial-up Internet service for the district’s remote, rural schools and dug ditches for lines connecting one school’s network to another. Technology funding remains a challenge for the school district, but thanks to Intermax Networks the district’s days of dial up Internet and isolation from the world outside on the web are chalk dust. Even schools in the farthest reaches of the district – geographically one of the largest school districts in Idaho – have blazing fast Internet access. Intermax Networks has brought big-time bandwidth to the district with the help of E-Rate, a federal program providing discounted Internet access and technology for rural school districts with a high rate of poverty.More than half of the 3,700 students in the Lake Pend Oreille School District fall under federal poverty guidelines.“Rura ...
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"COEUR d'ALENE -- The Silver Lake Mall was once again the scene of strange science as North Idaho students in grades 1-8 demonstrated their inventive minds in the 20th year of Invent Idaho.
About 100 kids, some partnering, showed 92 examples of their ideas for new or improved products.
"Some are really high quality," said Beth Brubaker, a Lakeland gifted and talented teacher and co-founder of Invent Idaho. "That was especially so in the area of research, to see if it had already been invented."
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August 11, 2008 Contact: Mike Kennedy - 208-762-8065 ext. 11 - mkennedy@intermaxnetworks.com
COEUR D'ALENE - Intermax Networks today announced a new expansion of high-speed internet service to the residential areas on and around Hayden Lake. Hayden Lake has historically been underserved for broadband, high-speed internet due to geography and the high cost of building infrastructure to support a relatively smaller number of residents.
Intermax, the largest private wireless microwave data network provider in North Idaho, is now adding this additional capacity to the network to continue to expand the march of access to high-speed internet throughout the region.
"We have provided service to some parts of Hayden Lake for years, but there are other areas that have posed unique and difficult geographic challenges," said Mike Kennedy, President of Intermax Networks. "This summer we have moved aggressively to add multiple tower and access points to be able to serve areas that previously were stuck with only slow dial-up or inferior satellite technology for high-speed internet access."
Intermax currently serves nearly 900 business and residential clients all around Kootenai and Bonner Counties, and has taken a leadership role in bringing broadband to areas that have been historically underserved by major national carriers of high-speed internet. "Hayden Lake is right in our backyard and we are pleased to be bringing high-speed broadband internet access to people who have long needed it," stated Kennedy.
For more information on installations or to discuss the timeline for expansion into a specific area on Hayden Lake, contact Danny Alfson, Director of Sales at 762-8065, ext. 16
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June 11, 2008Contact: Mike Kennedy - 208-762-8065 ext. 11 - mkennedy@intermaxnetworks.comCOEUR D'ALENE - Kootenai Health and Intermax Networks today announced that the hospital has selected Intermax to maintain and enhance their wide area network that connects doctors and medical professionals to the hospital and the internet. This service of Kootenai Health allows doctors secure access to patient records and images and very fast internet connections from their offices or homes.The Kootenai Health wireless network has been installed and running for several years. With the increasing need for internet bandwidth and opportunities for doctors to provide more timely and convenient patient services, hospital management decided to find a local partner with expertise in private microwave networks to partner on the project."Kootenai Health has been a pioneer in medical technology for a long time," said Mike Kennedy, President of Intermax Networks. "The service they provide to the community, and the ...
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