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© 2013 Gigabit Squared, LLC
Gigabit SquaredBringing faster and more affordable broadband service to Mid-South ChicagoErnest Sanders, Gigabit Chicago General Manager
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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
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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Community Opportunities thru Gigabit Chicago
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Digital Economic Development
Create new opportunities including career growth, self-sufficiency
Operate more efficientlySpur development and innovation Improve connectivity to residents,
businesses and anchor institutionsHave an improved quality of lifePromote 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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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
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
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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
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Register for a Gig
www.gigabit-chicago.com
Ernest SandersChicago General [email protected]
