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Small Town Builds Its Own Gigabyte Network; Cost To Citizens $57/month

Posted by Soulskill on from the grassroots-gigabit dept.

An anonymous reader writes "On Thursday, the board of O-Net gave approval for residents to get access to [full gigabit bandwidth] for the same price that they currently pay for a guaranteed download speed of 100 megabits per second — $57 to $90 a month, depending on whether they have bundled their internet with TV and phone service. ... the town realized that it couldn't attract technology-based businesses and that bandwidth was a challenge even to ordinary businesses. It came up with a plan — it would install a fibre network throughout the town that would connect to the larger inter-community network being built by the government at that time — the Alberta Supernet."

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  1. bits and bytes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Well, is it gigabit or gigabyte? Because the latter would be very impressive.

    1. Re:bits and bytes by Spy+Handler · · Score: 4, Funny

      It says Gigabyte not gigabyte... so it must mean the network features customizable voltages and clock speeds for easy-to-use overclocking and a good warranty policy.

    2. Re:bits and bytes by l_bratch · · Score: 2, Funny

      Now that I think about it, neither gave a frequency, so both can be correct. Perhaps the title was implying per eight seconds and the summary was implying per second.

      Probably not though.

  2. Started out impressive by MrEricSir · · Score: 4, Funny

    Headline says gigabyte network, then the summary says gigabit. Finally, it turns out it's 100mbps.

    By the time you finish reading this comment it will be 56k.

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    1. Re: Started out impressive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Just attach some cat6 to the arrow before you take your bowshot.

  3. From TFA.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Because we're a community-owned project we get to balance out profitability versus what's best for the community."

    I'm from America, so could someone please explain to me what that last part of the sentence means. Does it have to do with Q4 fiscal projections, or stocks, or something else? I just don't understand what this whole "community" thing is.

  4. Re:Sweden by ArcadeMan · · Score: 2, Funny

    People with no hands? Then what's the point of Internet access?

    Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more!

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