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Monday, April 27th, 2009
During a recent Freedom to Connect conference in Washington, D.C., Knight Center of Digital Excellence Vice President of Business & Community Intelligence William “Garn” Anderson III met with speaker Terry Huval, director of Lafayette Utilities System.
Huval presented a history of the initiative to build a fiber ring around Lafayette, La., and provide fiber-to-the-home services. After years of lawsuits, fiber-to-the-home is now considered the “fourth utility.” The city will offer high-speed cable, internet, and digital phone to residents and businesses through a fiber optic network. Connections to homes will even include battery power, allowing subscribers to receive information by fiber even during a hurricane.
“Terry Huval’s presentation is an excellence example of the importance of coordinating any broadband initiative with the entire community and highlighting the potential benefits to the individual citizen and business community,” Anderson said. “More importantly, Lafayette’s experience demonstrates the long view and significance of a having developed a solid strategic plan for broadband implementation.”
View the presentation here.
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
From The Knight Center of Digital Excellence to you: Freedom to Connect 2009 Day 2 highlights. We’ll continue to post updates as available:
Broadband Success Story: Lafayette, La.
Today’s speakers at F2C09 included Terry Huval, director of Lafayette Utilities System (LUS). Huval presented a history of the initiative to build a fiber ring around the city and provide fiber-to-the-home services. After years of lawsuits, fiber-to-the-home is now considered the “fourth utility.” The city will offer high-speed cable, internet, and digital phone to residents and businesses through a fiber optic network. Connections to homes will even include battery power, allowing subscribers to receive information by fiber even during a hurricane.
Broadband Success Story: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Herman Wagter, CEO of CityNet Amsterdam, shared how his city has built its fiber-to-the-home system to reach thousands of homes and businesses. CityNet has faced unique challenges, including a diverse customer base; deployment issues caused by building design and a lack of poles; and competing providers that have threatened the business model. He stressed the value in sharing network infrastructure and the importance of eliminating legal, economic, social and other barriers to enable connectivity.
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