Gig.U

01/14/2015

Last November, the President outlined his plan to keep the Internet open to new competition and innovation by safeguarding net neutrality — which will help ensure no one company can act as a gatekeeper to digital content. But there is more work to do so that every American has access to a free and o…

11/20/2014

Great news from Cleveland today!

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/11/cleveland_will_seek_to_become.html

OneCommunity is proposing one of the nation's fastest fiber optic networks along Euclid Avenue between downtown and University Circle.

09/15/2014

Gig.U congratulates Stamford, West Hartford and New Haven, for making great strides in their quest for next generation networks! Click the link to learn more about the RFQ that the cities released today: http://www.gig-u.org/news/connecticut-mayors-seek-partners-to-develop-a-gigabit-network

Connecticut Mayors Seek Partners to Develop a Gigabit Network September 15, 2014 - 6:24 pmGig.U congratulates Connecticut for making major strides in their quest for next generation speeds! Today, New Haven, Stamford and West Hartford, CT issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ), opening up a dialo…

09/12/2014

Read remarks made by Gig.U Executive Director Blair Levin at the St. Louis Regional Broadband Summit: "Digital Wealth and Community Capital: Table Stakes for the Future"

http://www.gig-u.org/cms/assets/uploads/2014/09/St.-Louis-Speech.pdf

06/10/2014

http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2014/06/10/winston-salem-signs-off-on-gigabit-broadband-deal.html

Officials have now formally accepted a plan they expect will lead to availability of ultra-fast internet speeds in parts of the city soon.

06/09/2014

The Coalition for Local Internet Choice

"CLIC represents a wide range of public and private interests who support the authority of local communities to make the broadband Internet choices that are essential for economic competitiveness, democratic discourse, and quality of life in the 21st century."

http://www.localnetchoice.org/

Board of AdvisorsEdyael Casaperalta Programs and Research Associate, Center for Rural StrategiesVint CerfChief Internet Evangelist, Google Inc.Sharon GillettPrincipal Strategist, Technology Policy, MicrosoftLev GonickCEO, OneCommunityBlair Levin Communications & Society Fellow, The Aspen InstituteMa…

05/29/2014

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler on the Urbana-Champaign and iTV-3 gigabit services announcement: "This public-private partnership provides a valuable model
for communities and companies throughout the country and a demonstration of the creativity that is stimulated when localities are free to work with the private sector to improve broadband offerings."

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2014/db0529/DOC-327356A1.pdf

05/29/2014

Gig.U congratulates the communities of Champaign and Urbana, as well as the University of Illinois, on the announcement of the investment into a world-leading broadband network. Today’s announcement demonstrates how a community, focused on local organizing and local resources, can control its bandwidth destiny and accelerate its economic and social progress in the global information economy.

http://www.gig-u.org/blog/gig-u-executive-director-blair-levin-on-the-announcement-of-the-urbana-champaign-gigabit-network-partnership

Gig.U Executive Director Blair Levin on the Announcement of the Urbana Champaign Gigabit Network PartnershipMay 29, 2014 - 7:02 pmFor more information on the Urbana Champaign partnership and network expansion, see the UC2B iTV3 Press Packet.Statement of Blair Levin, Executive Director of Gig.U, May…

02/19/2013

Check out our midyear report, released today:
http://www.gig-u.org/blog/gig-u-midyear-report

12/13/2012

Gig.U members Seattle and University of Washington team up to score gigabit connectivity for 12 neighborhoods... that's around 100,000 people who will have access to world leading networks.

Seattle will join Chicago, Kansas City, Bruistol, Tenn. and other cities with its very own gigabit broadband network. The proposed plan would see a mix of fiber-to-the-home, mobile broadband and gigabit point-to-point wireless services. The city will partner with Gigabit Squared to make it happen.

11/28/2012

This is maxing out our geeky brains. Ars Technica is asking for suggestions to help max out a Google Fiber connection... head over to the comments and help them out.

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07/27/2012

It's our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! See what's happened over at www.gig-u.org... you can't read Google Fiber news ALL DAY.

Welcome to Gig.U The University Community Next Generation Innovation Project, or Gig.U, is a broad-based group of over 30 leading research universities from across the United States. Drawing on America’s rich history of community-led innovation in research and entrepreneurship, Gig.U...