Ultra high-speed Internet funding announced: $200 million up for grabs

The University Community Next Generation Innovation Project (Gig.U) and Gigabit Squared this week announced funding of $200 million for the nation’s first multi-community broadband gigabit deployment project. The funding will support projects for up to six select Gig.U members, which will offer broadband networks with speeds between 100 and 1,000 times faster than today’s standards. “What makes the Gigabit Squared approach so exciting is that it goes far beyond normal industry business models in how to successfully and creatively improve broadband access speeds for university communities, which is exactly the premise upon which Gig.U was founded,” said Blair Levin, Executive Director of Gig.... »read more

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