Thursday, April 30, 2015
Updating History with Gigabit Internet
Chicago’s Automatic Lofts may be old, but that’s doesn’t
mean it can’t be cutting edge. The 482-unit student community on Chicago’s West
Side is housed in the old Automatic Electric Company building, which originally
opened in 1910 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Recently purchased in a joint venture between
Atlanta-based JMG Realty and New York-based Empire Square Group, the building
will now get gigabit Internet and Wi-Fi to each individual unit, according to
Commercial Property Executive. Now that’s an historical upgrade. Read the full
article here.
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Project Fi Gives Google Juice to Cellular Over WiFi
Cellular over WiFi just got a big boost with Google’s
announcement of Project Fi. The initiative pairs the world’s largest search company
with the Sprint and T Mobile networks, and marks Google’s first large-scale
foray into wireless. For just $20 a month, invited Nexus 6 users can sign up
for the phone and data service, which will credit back unused data each month,
a shot across the bow of incumbent cellular providers. But while the announcement
got plenty of attention yesterday, and was first
reported in the Wall Street Journal, one important aspect got shorter
shrift in most news coverage: the technology
will automatically, and easily, switch between cellular and WiFi for calls and
data. That aspect alone could be a game-changer for cellular in general, as
established companies will eventually need to answer Google's call. Read
Bloomberg’s take on the announcement here.
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Broadband, Competition and the American Way
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler threw down the gauntlet at the
Broadband Communities Summit in Austin this week, challenging large-scale
incumbent Internet providers to do more to offer higher-speed access to all
Americans. He cited the 20 percent of Americans who still have “no choice” to
get wired, broadband Internet at their homes. Pressing forward with a rallying
cry of “competition, competition, competition,” he defended his agency’s recent
moves to enforce net neutrality, even as large-scale incumbents have jockeyed
to block those moves in court, according to BroadbandBreakfast. Read the full article here.
Monday, April 13, 2015
Gigafying the MDU
For those of you arriving early to the 2015 Broadband Communities Summit in
Austin this week, make sure to check out InfiniSys CEO Richard Holtz as he
leads a free
workshop on gigafying the MDU. Apartment operators will learn what it
takes to wire a community to accommodate cord-cutters, work-at-home
professionals and even 4K TV watchers. The all-star panel of speakers
includes representatives from XFINITY Communities, Tellabs, AT&T Connected
Communities and more. The billing promises “no holds barred,” with experts
available to answer your toughest questions. Look for signs for Workshop #3.
Starts at 2 pm CDT April 13.
Wednesday, April 01, 2015
Gigabit fiber to my apartment? Please and thank you!
Residents at Dayton’s newest downtown apartment community,
Water Street Flats, will soon have something folks in more urbane locales would
die for – gigabit fiber in their apartments. That’s 1,000 mbps, or 40 times
faster than the FCC’s recently upgraded definition of broadband Internet, and
will be able to handle 4K streaming video (or 8K, for that matter) with ease.
The fiber is being laid by Dayton-based Extra Mile Fiber, which is openly aping
the Google Fiber business model to provide lightning quick connectivity in its
hometown, according to this
article in the Dayton Daily News. Way to go, Ohio!
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