The information about Gigabit Squared may be of interest to you and worthy of discussion in Austin. If I remember correctly Nick Miller mentioned this project at our meeting in DC. Mike Watza will be chairing our Section on Telecommunications next year. Chuck From: Watza, Michael J. [mailto:mike.watza@kitch.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 2:53 PM To: Abbie Elias Ann Arbor; Andrew Afflerbach; Ann arbor; Arnold Weinfeld; Beacom, Ron; Bill Laitner; birving@ci.dearborn.mi.us; Bob Warfield; Boyne City; Catharine Rice; Catherine Mullhaupt; Cathryn K. 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Matthewson (E-mail Subject: GIGABIT SQUARED COMING TO CHICAGO AND WOW WINS MIDWEST JD POWERS AWARD GIGABIT SQUARED COMING TO CHICAGO [SOURCE: GigaOm, AUTHOR: Kevin Fitchard] The University of Chicago and surrounding neighborhoods will be the first to benefit from Gigabit Squared's ambitious plan to bring to gigabit broadband connectivity to college towns across the US. Gigabit Squared has set aside $5 million for the Chicago project as part of its Gigabit Neighborhood Gateway Program in collaboration with partner Gig.U. The State of Illinois is kicking in $2 million, while the University of Chicago is committing $1 million now and plans to raise another $1 million in the surrounding communities. The first phase of the project will bring gigabit fiber connections to 4,825 homes, businesses, schools, libraries and healthcare institutions in the Hyde Park neighborhood U of C calls home, as well as surrounding communities. By bringing in the surrounding neighborhoods of Woodlawn, Washington Park and Kenwood, the project isn't just targeting college students, professors and administrators. It's covering a lot a lot of territory beyond the University's direct sphere of influence. What's more the project will expand outwards over the next four years taking in more neighborhoods. Eventually the project hopes to connect 210,000 residents living in 79,000 households with a combination of fiber and Wi-Fi technologies, as well as link 10,000 individual small businesses. http://gigaom.com/2012/10/16/gigabit-squared-plans-fiber-broadband-for-chicagos-south-side/<http://gigaom.com/2012/10/16/gigabit-squared-plans-fiber-broadband-for-chicagos-south-side/?utm_campaign=Newsletters&utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email> State, U of C plan broadband push for South Side (Crain's) benton.org/node/137282<http://benton.org/node/137282?utm_campaign=Newsletters&utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email> | GigaOm<http://benton.org/outgoingframe/137282?utm_campaign=Newsletters&utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email> | Crain's<http://benton.org/outgoingframe/137282/1?utm_campaign=Newsletters&utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email> Verizon, WOW, DirecTV, Dish top J.D. Power residential pay TV customer satisfaction survey October 15, 2012 | By Steve Donohue<http://www.fiercecable.com/author/sdonohue> [Description: FierceCable]<http://www.fiercecable.com/> .....WOW won the North Central region, with 711 points. It topped AT&T (710); DirecTV (705); Dish (699); Bright House Networks (664); Insight (657); Time Warner Cable (637); Comcast (619); and Charter (594). Read more: Verizon, WOW, DirecTV, Dish top J.D. Power residential pay TV customer satisfaction survey - FierceCable<http://www.fiercecable.com/story/verizon-wow-directv-dish-top-jd-power-residential-pay-tv-customer-satisfact/2012-10-15#ixzz29aFbobFl> http://www.fiercecable.com/story/verizon-wow-directv-dish-top-jd-power-residential-pay-tv-customer-satisfact/2012-10-15#ixzz29aFbobFl Subscribe: http://www.fiercecable.com/signup?sourceform=Viral-Tynt-FierceCable-FierceCable Michael J. 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