Friday, December 14, 2012

Seattle announces plans to deploy gigabit fiber and wireless network

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Gigabit broadband internet is coming to Seattle, courtesy of Gigabit Squared. The project is still in its very early stages and, at this point, Gigabit Squared has just been given permission to raise capital to begin the initial deployment. As a demonstration, the company plans to build out a network for more than 50,000 households and businesses in 12 Seattle neighborhoods. If successful and further development is approved, fiber transmitters will be placed on top of 38 buildings across the city, allowing those outside of the demonstration area to enjoy the high-speed connection. Once completed, the Gigabit Seattle network also hopes to "provide next generation wireless cloud services" to the 12 neighborhoods. No timelines have been...


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