Gigabit Desert beginning to look more lush

Blair Levin spoke at the Web Summit in Dublin, Ireland on the topic of Gigabit Networks. In his remarks he noted:

• “A few years ago, gigabit America was a desert. Now, with a dozen Gig.U communities moving forward, Google Fiber capturing the imagination of many, cities like Chattanooga and Lafayette providing gigabit service, and incumbents like CenturyLink, AT&T and Time-Warner Cable now looking favorably upon upgraded networks, that desert is beginning to look more like a garden.”
• “The key to activity in the United States has been enlightened local leadership that recognizes how the quality of the network their community has 10 years from now will affect everything they do and everything they do today affects the quality of the network they will have 10 years from now.”
• “It is still early in the transition to the digital economy but the presence of such networks will accelerate innovations in how we solve society’s problems with smarter use of chips, bits and bandwidth.”