A crowdfunding website devoted to gigabit communities launched...
A crowdfunding website devoted to gigabit communities launched Tuesday (http://bit.ly/19NfKNe). CrowdFiber describes its mission as “bringing service providers, local governments, utilities, community organizations, interested citizens, consumers and businesses together to create sustainable gigabit communities” and already lists several communities in…
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the process of raising money. It lists five featured campaigns, all with varying amounts of money raised and time left in which to raise it. The community of Clarkesville, Ga., has raised more than $62,000 for the Habersham EMC Trailwave Service, with seven months left in its fundraising campaign -- the only one that shows substantial donations at launch. Other communities include Lawrence, Kan.; Baltimore; Rome, Ga.; and Baldwin City, Kan. In Kansas, a group called Free State Broadband proposes “an all-fiber gigabit plus network to Baldwin City,” which also calls for running lines through eastern Lawrence and would connect them; the Baltimore Broadband Coalition of several neighborhoods indicated a desire to expand network choices and wants to focus on north Baltimore; and Parker FiberNet has been at work to bring gigabit service to downtown Rome. According to the CrowdFiber blog (http://bit.ly/100cokD), it’s a product of the consulting firm Civitium, which plans and engineers broadband networks.