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Foundation for Rural Service Now Accepting Community Grant Applications
Foundation for Rural Service Now Accepting Community Grant Applications
The Foundation for Rural Service (FRS) is currently accepting applications for their Community Grant Program. FRS is a nonprofit organization that works in cooperation with NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association to sustain and enhance the quality of life in America by advancing an understanding of rural issues. As a member of NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association, rural communities within SRT’s area can apply for the Community Grant Program offered by FRS. This grant program looks for current projects that will improve quality of life and create sustainable rural communities for its residents. The FRS Community Grant Program is a great way for projects in rural communities to receive potential financial assistance. If accepted, the grants awarded range from $250 to $5,000.
Interested? Download the application guide and submit your application to email@srt.com or by mail:
SRT Communications
Attn: Corporate Communications
PO Box 2027
Minot, ND 58702
The deadline to submit your application proposal to SRT is August 21, 2023.
SRT Participates in SCHEELS Complex at South Hill Ribbon Cutting
SRT Participates in SCHEELS Complex at South Hill Ribbon Cutting
SRT congratulates Minot Parks on their official SCHEELS Complex at South Hill ribbon cutting today. We joined other sponsors and community members for the unveiling of the complex, featuring new amenities that players and spectators will enjoy for years.
SRT is proud to sponsor high-speed internet services to the impressive sports facility – providing equipment, installation, and maintenance of Gig x Gig fiber and free public access WiFi.
The new complex boasts two turf fields, three spacious offices, a press box with a sound system and excellent view of the games, locker rooms with bathrooms for both home teams, an in-house concession stand, and state-of-the-art field lighting. “This is the nicest facility in the state now; it’s the best setup anywhere,” said Thor Nelson, Minot Girls Fastpitch Board President and champion of this project.
New netting hangs over the bleachers for spectator safety, a feature that is “the best thing ever for fans sitting here,” added Nelson.
Those fans can also use free WiFi anywhere onsite, whether inside the building, out in the stands, or cheering field-side. High-speed internet allows the press box to live-stream games, report scores to media, and record game film for review and coaching.
“This facility changes the landscape for girls softball in Minot. Kids want to play in nice facilities and when they see this complex, they want to play here,” said Nelson. “It also attracts more teams to visit and play here. Our tournaments sell out every year now. And this is all thanks to our sponsors like SRT.”
TUTORIAL/FAQ
TUTORIAL/FAQ
Short Tutorial/FAQ – How Do I Know if I Need Faster Internet?
Question: Faster internet is available for my home. How do I know if I really need an internet upgrade?
Answer: If one or more of the situations below apply, you’d probably benefit from faster internet speeds:
Question: Faster internet is available for my home. How do I know if I really need an internet upgrade?
Answer: If one or more of the situations below apply, you’d probably benefit from faster internet speeds:
- You experience frequent buffering while streaming.
It’s not fun when your screen freezes and you’re stuck waiting while the endless circle goes around and around. Buffering is the result of an internet connection that isn’t fast enough and a sign you need more speed.
- You’re big on smart home devices.
If you’re a smart home fan, you need to make sure your internet connection can support your smart speakers, smart light bulbs, smart thermostats, smart cameras, smart appliances, and so on. Trying to get by with an inadequate internet connection is simply not smart.
- Your home often has guests (who bring devices).
Whether it’s your children’s friends for sleepovers or your relatives for a week-long visit, it seems like everybody will want to use your Wi-Fi as soon as they walk in the door. If you don’t have enough bandwidth, the “more” isn’t the “merrier” – it can cause internet slowdowns.
- You work from home.
Bandwidth-intensive applications such as video conferences and screen-sharing collaborations demand a strong internet connection. Don’t risk looking unprofessional or wasting your colleagues’ time with frozen screens and choppy audio. Make sure your internet connection works well for work.
Senator Cramer Legislative Staff Visits SRT
Senator Cramer Legislative Staff Visits SRT
Mary Silverthorn, Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer, visited SRT in Minot this week to chat, tour, and dig into the “fiber to the home” process.
Her visit included the opportunity to splice real fiber, a key phase that brings high-speed, reliable internet to each individual customer. Working off mapping records for every location in SRT’s territory, SRT splicer technicians connect thousands of pieces of “fiber” – strands of glass that carry internet and phone traffic – along buried routes. The fiber is fused from SRT’s central office headquarters to smaller offices throughout our service area and, ultimately, to the customer. By splicing fiber herself, Ms. Silverthorn experienced the precise work involved in connecting each home or business to our state-of-the-art fiber network – one at a time – across vast swaths of north-central North Dakota.
Ms. Silverthorn also toured SRT’s downtown office to see the systems required to support and deliver broadband throughout Minot and remote/rural communities spanning thousands of square miles. She met employees from operations, engineering, and IT disciplines and had the opportunity to ask a variety of questions about the fiber network.
“SRT appreciates Senator Cramer’s focus on telecommunications and broadband,” said Cassidy Hjelmstad, CEO and General Manager of SRT. “We are always happy to show visitors how SRT and other telecommunications cooperatives work to bridge the digital divide across North Dakota. Many thanks to Mary for being so generous with her time this week. We enjoyed her visit!”
