by Jason Harper | Dec 29, 2015 | Fiber to the Community, Government Innovation, Online Gaming Development, Community Education and Awareness, Medical Reimbursement, Access to Capital, Home Internet Access, Telehealth Pilot, Convention Center Technology, IT Workforce Development, Digital Art, Event Calendar, Libraries Pilot, K-12 Classroom Demonstrations, Marketing the Region, Professional Development for Teachers, Global Roundtables, Mesh Wi-fi Networks, University Research Capacity, Proof of Concept and Fab Labs, Digital Infrastructure, Innovation Hubs/Tech Districts, Digital Skills Training, Computers in the Home, Gigabit Ecosystem Building, Technology Transfer
Announcing the 2016 Gigabit City Summit, a KC Digital Drive production, from May 16-18, 2016 in Kansas City. With 50 communities and nearly 250 delegates in attendance, our first Summit was an unqualified success! And the overwhelming feedback from those who attended...
by Jason Harper | Sep 22, 2015 | Digital Infrastructure, Fiber to the Community, Community Education and Awareness
KCK Makes List of Cities with Lowest Connection Rates, But Hopefully Not for Long Shedding blemish-raising light on the digital divide in America, the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) Monday released a list of the Top 25 Worst-Connected Cities. Kansas City,...
by Jason Harper | Jun 11, 2015 | Fiber to the Community
Gigabit fiber-to-the-home has been available in Kansas City for nearly three years. But in St. Louis, residential fiber is less plentiful. Arch Fiber Networks is working hard to change that – and they are looking to Kansas City for guidance. AFN owns the city’s...
by Jason Harper | Apr 13, 2015 | Fiber to the Community
If you think 1 gigabit-per-second Internet is fast — and we know you do — get ready for two times the speed. Earlier this month, Comcast announced it would be rolling out 2 gigs of blazing symmetrical service to 1.5 million customers in the Atlanta metro...
by Aaron Deacon | Apr 3, 2015 | Digital Infrastructure, Fiber to the Community
A couple of weeks ago, KCTV5 reported that Google’s effort to bridge the digital divide is coming up short. It’s great to see local news covering this issue and to see broader exposure for partners like Connecting for Good, who have worked so hard to make a...
by Aaron Deacon | Mar 11, 2015 | Fiber to the Community
Wow, well, that got political pretty quickly. The FCC made two notable rulings at the end of February regarding community broadband and net neutrality, and, depending on which side of the aisle you were on, you probably either rejoiced or wanted to rip the cables out...
