Six years ago this month, Google moved into one of the largest buildings in New York City. Google had only been public for two years and its stock price was soaring. By 2006, speculation was running rampant about Google’s ultimate goals. In addition to building the world’s largest Internet search engine, Google was furiously buying up so-called “dark fiber,” ...

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Just months after the announcement that a coalition of local economic development organizations and Michigan State University would pursue an initiative to prepare the Lansing area for ultra high-speed broadband, the group has announced several benchmarks have already been made in achieving that goal. The benchmarks include partnerships with the private sector, the creation of the "GigabitReady," ...

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Michigan State University and local economic development officials say they’re making progress on expanding ultra-high speed internet service in the Lansing area. A coalition called Greater Lansing Gig-U is announcing the creation of gigabitready.com, a website detailing property addresses that are ready to provide ultra-high speed internet service. Now being tested, a full-scale launch of ...

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DTN Management Co. upgraded the broadband service at Cedar Village Apartments in East Lansing to 1 gigabit-per-second this past spring, 100 times faster than the connection speeds available in most of the region. “The residents are demanding it,” said Richard Laing, the company’s chief information officer. With Michigan State University across the street, Cedar Village&rsqu...

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The Prima Civitas Foundation and other Lansing area organizations have launched an initiative to encourage the deployment and adoption of higher-speed, or gigabit, broadband. The effort, called Gigabit Ready, includes working with communities to smooth the way for companies to deploy broadband, such as assisting with regulatory requirements like permitting. It also aims to inform b...

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EASTLANSING, MI – A coalition comprised of economic development organizations and Michigan State University (MSU) announced today their progress toward increasing ultra high-speed broadband networks inthe Greater Lansing region as part of the national Gig.U initiative. Gig.U, which represents a consortium of over 30 institutions of higher education across the country, was developed to assist...

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EAST LANSING, MI – Press Statement:  With Spartan Net’s recent upgrade to gigabit internet services for more than 1,000 multi- family residents in the Cedar Village Area, Spartan Net now offers Gigabit Internet service to approximately 3,500 customers.  Spartan Net and DTN Management Company are committed to continuing to upgrade the remaining 5,000 Spartan Net customers from...

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Consortium of Higher Education Groups, Microsoft and Google Launch Program to Deploy Big Bandwidth to Underserved College Communities A consortium of higher education associations, public interest groups and high-tech companies today announced a partnership named AIR.U (Advanced Internet Regions) to deploy Super WiFi networks to upgrade the broadband available to underserved campuses an...

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Today, the White House announced the launch of US Ignite, a public-private partnership intended to capitalize on the possibilities of ultra high-speed networks by “igniting” the market for next generation applications and services. The primary goal of the US Ignite Partnership will be to catalyze approximately 60 advanced, next-gen applications over the next five years in six are...

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Partnership to Bring Ultrahigh-Speed Internet to Six Communities A start-up company plans to announce Wednesday that it has raised $200 million to deliver ultrahigh-speed Internet service in six communities surrounding research universities around the country. The company, Gigabit Squared, will work with Gig.U, an alliance of public and private universities that want to build islands of superfas...

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