User talk:Hesselsc


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Mentoring "Broadband.gov"
Hi Daniel! I'm Manishearth, one of the Online Ambassadors here at Wikipedia. I'll be mentoring your group (Group 3: Broadband.gov). Feel free to notify me on my talk page if you need assistance. Good luck! Manish Earth Talk • Stalk 08:36, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Broadband.gov
Broadband.gov is a federally funded site that is directed at helping the government address the issue that government itself is falling behind the times of technology advancement. This advancement of technology brings the need to address the situation that not all citizens are privy to being able to obtain broadband internet access. Broadband.gov contains a plethora of information in regard for citizen’s access to broadband related material. For example, broadbandmap.gov is a great source of information of listings of broadband connection in any given location. Along with the ability to find a location and its Internet service providers broadband.gov also gives the user the ability to test the speeds of the individual citizens connection, at their current location. This tool is known as Quality Test, which essentially sends a small packet of information to the head offices of the FCC. This transaction then times the amount taken for the sending/receiving process and informs the citizen of their current connection. Another tool that is provided is the ability to file a complaint about a particular area that is currently un-served. This tool is known as the Dead zone report, while this may seem peculiar having a citizen file a complaint over the internet in an area without service; this tool is still quite functional. Another interesting tool that is provided by the FCC is the ability to inspect the radio spectrum in current use. This tool known as the Spectrum Dashboard, enables citizens to see where exactly certain radio signals are allocated. This could be helpful for those interested in the current changes in the 700 MHz range of the latest spectrum auction. --Hesselsc (talk) 23:26, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Feedback
I sent Collin a message on his talk page to use his for the re-group submission. Hopefully that works out, since the mentor used his for the main wikipedia page. Schill76 (talk) 19:39, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Communication
Hi there! I'd left some messages at User_talk:Schill76/sandbox, but none of you replied. I just realized that maybe you might not have known that I'd be using the talk page for centralized discussion. Anyways, you guys have moved the article to the mainspace, so I'll be using Talk:Broadband.gov for any messages related to the page (You guys can use the page for discussion, too-- It makes stuff easier to keep track of). On a side note, Professor Obar wants your page to go to the next level, i.e., DYK. For that, we'll need what's called a DYK "hook". See my reply here, where I've explained what a "hook" is and how to go about writing one. Manish Earth Talk • Stalk 08:56, 5 May 2011 (UTC)