The Need for Speed: Why broadband network upgrades are critical to economic growth

http://gigaom.com/2014/02/15/the-need-for-speed-why-broadband-network-upgrades-are-critical-to-economic-growth/

There is a significant increase in Internet use from homes, enterprises, educators/students, and more. This increase strains our existing broadband infrastructure. This article speaks to the need for upgrades and its impact on economic growth.

Google works to increase speeds to 10 Gbps

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-working-10-gigabit-internet-speeds/

Congratulations to PARI for acknowledgement

Our friends at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) get slashdot recognition of their digitization and archival of more than 220,000 astronomical photographic plates and films. Read the story at http://beta.slashdot.org/story/198103.

Grande offers 1 Gig broadband in Austin ahead of AT&T and Google

http://www.austin360.com/weblogs/tv-radio-blog/2014/feb/09/san-marcos-based-grande-beats-google-t-1-gigabit-s/

FCC performs nationwide performance study of broadband service in the US

http://www.fcc.gov/measuring-broadband-america