The Tahoe Prosperity Center continues to work on bringing higher speed internet access to the basin.

There are still areas around the lake that suffer from below average internet speeds, lack of cell coverage and periodic outages due to inclement weather.

The Connected Tahoe Project goal is to bring gigabit level service to the entire Lake Tahoe Basin as means to catalyze economic development, galvanize public safety, healthcare, education and to position the basin to receive the most advanced technologies for internet access now and in the future. 

To date, TPC says it has:

• Forged productive relationships with key stakeholders in both the public and private sectors.
• Conducted speed tests in an effort to groundtruth service provider’s advertised speeds.
• Mapped out areas of the basin where internet speeds and service are at it lowest.

The nonprofit is asking people to take an internet speed test that will provide the group with data.