Residents of communities with super-fast networks are trying to build...
Residents of communities with super-fast networks are trying to build a case for how to best use fiber’s speeds, KC Digital Drive Managing Director Aaron Deacon wrote in a Friday op-ed for Silicon Prairie News (http://bit.ly/13qF0a0). He spotlighted a weekend…
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event in the Kansas City area called Hacking the Gigabit City, sponsored by his organization and focused on answering those questions and looking at how the dynamics play out in that region, where Google is building a network capable of gigabit speeds. “We couldn’t be more excited to collaborate with other cities and organizations in building out fiber use cases, whether from our fellow fiber city of Chattanooga [Tenn.,] or from crack developer teams working on interactive online education, 3D imaging and visualization and all sorts of other next-generation apps,” Deacon said. “Success in Kansas City requires and facilitates the success of next-gen networks in other places.” Google has brought a fast network but not a fiber use case, he said, saying it’s up to residents. He pointed out that failures and possessing speed worth wasting is an important part of the process. The Kauffman Foundation, based in Kansas City, Mo., and focused on education and entrepreneurship, supports both Silicon Prairie News and the weekend hacking event.