Blair Levin, Ed Lazowska, Mike McGinn, and Mark Ansboury announce Gigabit Seattle
UW CSE was the site of a press conference this morning at which Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn was joined by Gig.U Executive Director (and former author of the National Broadband Plan) Blair Levin, Gigabit Squared President and co-founder Mark Ansboury, and UW CSE professor Ed Lazowska, to announce a collaborative initiative – Gigabit Seattle – to develop and operate an ultra-high-speed fiber and wifi broadband network in Seattle.
Press release here. GeekWire article here. Xconomy post here. CivSource here. MyNorthwest.com here. Seattle Times article here. Gigabit Seattle website here.