FiberFete - Broadband Breakfast

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What You Could Do On A Gigabit Network: Tai Chi Class Through Your Television

LAFAYETTE, La., — April 23, 2010 — When Google announced its Gigabit fiber network initiative this February [http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/think-big-with-gig-our-experimental.html], the first example it offered of what such a network could be good for was a rural telehealth application wher

Broadband's Impact

Individuals, Not Corporations Are Key To Regional Economic Development, Argues Cisco Researcher

LAFAYETTE, La., April 22, 2010 – The growth of the internet-connected workplace will force political leaders to re-think the policies needed to foster economic growth, argued Cisco Systems researcher Norman Jacknis Wednesday.

Broadband's Impact

Google Exec: Incumbent Telcos Welcome On Our Gigabit Network

LAFAYETTE, La., April 22, 2010 – Incumbent communications companies are welcome to set up shop on Google’s experimental super-high speed internet service once it’s up and running, one of the company’s executives said Wednesday during a discussion about rolling out fiber networks.

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FiberFete Celebrates City’s Efforts To Build Its Own Information-Age Utility

LAFAYETTE, La., April 20, 2010 – To the extent that the city of Lafayette is famous for anything, it’s probably for its cultural status as the throbbing heart of America’s Cajun country. This week, the burg of 120,000 hosts an annual music and performance arts festival that celebrates