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...
by Jason Harper | Jan 30, 2015 | Fiber to the Community
When Google Fiber announced it was coming to Kansas City, many began asking: Who could possibly need that much bandwidth? Now, just two years out, one man is answering: “It almost seems like you can’t have enough.” That’s Joe Fives, director of...
by Jason Harper | Dec 2, 2014 | Digital Infrastructure, Fiber to the Community
Consolidated Communications, which acquired SureWest Communications, announced that it has launched a 1 Gigabit Internet package in the KC area. Consolidated Communications (CCI) will offer the 1 Gig service to all its Kansas City fiber-to-the-home customers. “Our...
by Jason Harper | Nov 5, 2014 | Fiber to the Community
A study conducted in the summer of 2014 by KC Digital Drive in partnership with the Kansas City EDC’s LaunchKC initiative revealed that gigabit access for tenants is not currently available at most local coworking and startup incubator spaces. The high cost for the...
