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Updates on Google Fiber, AT&T, and E2D

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October 2016

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Google Fiber News

Google Fiber launches in the Triangle. NC became the first state with two live Google Fiber markets: Read story here
Charlotte - Google Fiber is now taking orders in Prosperity Village: Sign up here. Service is also coming to thousands of apartments: check map
Google Pursues Fiber & Wireless Broadband Ambitions: Read news.
Google wins One Touch Make Ready argument in Nashville; AT&T promptly sues the city
Sources tell us the Charlotte build is full steam ahead. We also heard a rumor that counties around Charlotte are on the long term roadmap (hope it's true).

AT&T Fiber News

AT&T rebrands from GigaPower to ‘AT&T Fiber,’ adds 11 new markets to rollout plans: Read AT&T news here
AT&T racing to get fiber internet to more apartments in Charlotte: Read Observer story here
AT&T is bringing gigabit to Mint Hill. Read the town update
Gaston County just passed the 1 year mark with AT&T gigabit internet. Look for an anniversary event to be held soon.
AT&T NC President Venessa Harrison spoke about their internet plans at a Charlotte Agenda Fireside Chat 9/20.

Addressing the Digital Divide
On October 1 E2D gave laptops to 500 CMS teens: Read story in the Observer

The event was hailed as the largest single computer distribution day in Charlotte's history!

From our blog - What to Know About Smart City Charlotte
AT&T's controversial traffic scanning program, Internet Preferences, meets its demise. Read here.
The Next Internet is Gigabit Internet. Read here
The war over high-speed access is fought on 40-foot-high wooden sticks. Read Backchannel Post
Smartphones help those without broadband get online, but don’t necessarily bridge the digital divide: Read Pew Research
Only 20 percent of educators say their school internet connection meets their teaching needs: Charlotte Observer op-ed

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