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TechSoup Free Online Event and Webinar Feb. 18 : Straight Talk About Telecommunications for Your Organization

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Pacific for an informative webinar and forums event to help you avoid the buzz-word marketing and get the real picture on telecommunications. We'll be joined by telecommunications expert and longtime TechSoup star and forums moderator, Chris Shipley of Nutmeg IT and Kevin Lo , Lead Technology Analyst for TechSoup Global.

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What Is E-Rate?

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We lovingly refer to this program as Erate, and the funds from the Universal Service charges are dispersed through USAC to the Erate program to specifically benefit schools and libraries with discounts on telecommunications and internet services.

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This Just In: Wireless Headsets from Headsets.com

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To learn more about office telecommunications, check out our articles on the way telecommunications is changing nonprofits , and how to choose a phone system on a shoe-string budget. Standard long-distance rates apply for hosts and attendees. Notes: Up to 1,000 participants.

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Using BTOP Funds to Reach Remote Areas

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Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) provides grants to support the establishment of broadband infrastructure in unserved and underserved areas.

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Our Travel Reduction Webinar: VoIP, vPBX, and VPN Explained

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Last month, TechSoup Talks hosted a free one-hour webinar on ways your nonprofit or library can use new affordable telecommunication tools like Voice over IP (VoIP), virtual PBX, and virtual private networking (VPN) to reduce your need to travel and better enable telecommuting and virtual meetings. We had questions from "What is a VPN?"

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ICT and Development: Who's Left Behind?

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In 'Have-Nots' No Closer to Catching the 'Haves,' it is sobering to read that according to the International Telecommunication Union , the international organization, "the gap between the [information and communication technologies] ICT haves and have-nots has hardly been bridged in the past five years."

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FCC: Impact of BTOP and Broadband Needs Further Study

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Some would argue that promoting broadband should not be something with which the government should be heavily involved.