New Handbook on Next Generation Connectivity From Gig.U

Date: 30 Jul 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Gig.U, a collaboration of more than 30 universities across the country has just released The Next Generation Network Connectivity Handbook: A guide for Community Leaders Seeking Affordable, Abundant Bandwidth. The handbook, published in association with the Benton Foundation, is available as a PDF online. One of the authors, Blair Levin, has been a guest several times … Read More

Comcast’s Big Gig Rip-Off

Date: 22 Jul 2015 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

For some five years now, many have been talking about gigabit Internet access speeds. After arguing for years that no one needed higher capacity connections, Comcast has finally unveiled its new fiber optic option. And as Tech Dirt notes, it is marketed as being twice as fast but costs 4x as much (even more in the … Read More