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Seattle Announces Plan to Develop Ultra-fast
Broadband Network
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n December, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn announced
that the city has reached an agreement with broad-
band developer Gigabit Squared to develop and oper-
ate an ultra high-speed fiber-to-the-home/fiber-to-
the-business broadband network. The plan will begin
with a demonstration fiber project in twelve Seattle neighbor-
hoods and includes wireless methods to deploy services more
quickly to other areas in the city. The initiative, leveraging
the Seattle’s excess fiber capacity, the expertise of Gigabit
Squared, and the community leadership of the University of
Washington, aims to stimulate business opportunities, spur
advancements in health care, education, and public safety,
and enhance quality of life for the city’s residents and busi-
nesses.
“This is a very promising proposal that can help bring
21st century infrastructure to Seattle,” McGinn said. “I’ve
heard from residents and businesses that Seattle needs better
broadband service, and this agreement lays the groundwork
for building that network. I’m excited to work with the Uni-
versity of Washington and Gigabit Squared to provide new
internet service choices.”
Community-Wide Effort
The city, the university, and Gigabit Squared have signed a
memorandum of understanding and a letter of intent that
allow Gigabit Squared to begin raising the capital needed to
conduct engineering work and to build out the demonstration
fiber network. The project is the second city project an-
nounced by Gigabit Squared as part of its multi-million dollar
Gigabit Neighborhood Gateway Program. Gigabit Squared
will collaborate with the City of Seattle and the University of
Washington to initiate a process for sharing information and
soliciting input on the project from members of the affected
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