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Gigabit Squared- US Ignite Application Summit
- 1. © 2013 Gigabit Squared, LLC
Gigabit Squared
Bringing faster and more
affordable broadband service to
Mid-South Chicago
Ernest Sanders,
Gigabit Chicago General Manager
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© 2013 Gigabit Squared, LLC
Gigabit Squared is a broadband
provider focused on economic
development in four important areas:
- Leveraging Broadband’s Untapped Potential
- Integrating Services to the Internet
- Fostering Healthy Communities
- Innovating for Work, Life, and Play
- 3. Enriched
Education
World-Class
Healthcare
Improved
Public Services
Economic
Development
• Video-link students to
anywhere in the world.
• Break down the walls of
the traditional
educational system by
taking students…
• Inside operating rooms
• To engineering labs
• Across the globe to
speak with their peers in
another country.
These experiences will
strengthen our region’s
workforce of tomorrow.
Gigabit speeds enable
telemedicine for…
• Sharing medical
images in real time to
collaborate with
specialists across the
globe for better patient
care
• See patients in remote
areas
• Monitor in-home
patients
The power of gigabit
speed broadband can
help…
• Make our streets safer
• Provide government
services more
efficiently.
• Make our streets safer
by deploying Internet
services in police
cruisers, fire and safety
vehicles to better serve
and protect citizens.
With today’s economy
more dependent on
innovation to survive more
than ever before, Chicago
will be providing its
current businesses as
well as business looking
for relocation options with
a world class network for
advanced research and
development.
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© 2013 Gigabit Squared, LLC
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Community Opportunities thru Gigabit Chicago
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© 2013 Gigabit Squared, LLC
Digital Economic
Development
Create new opportunities including
career growth, self-sufficiency
Operate more efficiently
Spur development and innovation
Improve connectivity to residents,
businesses and anchor institutions
Have an improved quality of life
Promote business training
Douglas, Grand Boulevard, Greater
Grand Crossing, Hyde Park,
Kenwood, Oakland, South Shore,
Washington Park, Woodlawn
The nine
neighborhoods with
Gigabit Speed
Broadband will…
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© 2013 Gigabit Squared, LLC
Digital Economic
Development
Gigabit speed broadband will allow
entrepreneurs to create new
businesses and new business
models
Some jobs will be created to install
the infrastructure, but …
Many more jobs will be created by
those who identify meaningful
applications that leverage gigabit
speed broadband
Gigabit speed broadband is the
foundation to create long-
term, sustainable economic growth
Job and Career
Opportunities
- 6. Fiber Plant
Community Institutions/Providers Partner for:
Access to conduit
Joint fiber builds
New Construction Planned
Backbone build starting in Summer 2013
Distribution Plant in July-August
Early stage soft launch for wireless August
Early stage soft launch for fiber
neighborhoods August/September
© 2013 Gigabit Squared, LLC
- 7. Fiber Enabled Wireless Cloud
Community Institutions/Providers Partner for:
Pole and Roof Rights
Joint fiber builds
Wireless cloud service extension and
interconnection
New Construction Planned
Early stage soft launch for wireless
July/August
Initially in Parks and public spaces
Complete build out of wireless cloud by end
of Fall
© 2013 Gigabit Squared, LLC
- 8. Visit us
and
Register for a Gig
www.gigabit-chicago.com
Ernest Sanders
Chicago General Manager
ernest.sanders@gigabitsquared.co
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