Don’t Be Left Out! Join the Gigabit City Club!

How are cable companies planning on keeping up with high speed internet with the low costs that gigabit internet has to offer? That is one of the challenges that some cable and internet providers are beginning to face as gigabit internet is looking to take over a city in every state by 2015! Among the growth of gigabit cities, the state of Nebraska has now decided to build and invest in fiber optic networks to provide 1 gigabit per second to businesses and residential users and is looking to have its first gigabit city. With Chattanooga being a gigabit city since 2010, and Austin, Texas new to the club, who else is going to join? Also, what factors could your city consider when switching to gigabit internet and having a faster broadband network connectivity anywhere!

There are two things you may want to look for while deciding on if your city is the next gigabit city. For instance making sure you are looking for allies. For example, Universities are great gigabit internet allies due to the fact that they foster innovation. Another tip is collecting every asset. Saving money and cutting budget costs in your community by switching to gigabit internet is beneficial because high speed internet is expensive as an individual cost.

So exactly how fast is gigabit internet and why is it that cities are finding it to be more beneficial to their community? Well, a gigabit is 1,000 megabits and a gigabit per second is 100 times faster than the national average of internet speeds. So to put it in perspective: a 1 gigabit file takes less than 15 seconds to transfer across a network, while with a fast Ethernet network it takes roughly 2.5 Minutes, and let’s be honest, who likes to wait when you’re busy at work?

Is your city next in line to join the gigabit city club? If you’re city is capable of having access to it, why wouldn’t you make the switch? Melrose, MN is the first to join the club in the state of Minnesota while keeping costs down as well. Gigabit internet offers the following:

•  Speed and Affordability
• Upgradeable Network
• Speeding up your Wi-fi

These are just three of the many benefits of investing in the switch. You don’t want to be excluded from the club now do you? And who doesn’t like things to be fast?