Ehh.... they probably want fiber players.
On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 1:44 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > Friend to wisp? > > From: Josh Reynolds > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2017 12:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT USignite > > Nonprofit. Awarded a $6mil grant from the National Science Foundation. > Trying to grow "smart cities", increase access to high speed broadband and > cached Content, etc. > > They also oversee the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research Office > (PAWR), which claims to have $100mil in in public and private resources. > They have partners like bell labs, Samsung, oracle, juniper, commscope, > Verizon, Intel, Qualcomm, Carlson wireless, fibertower, crown castle, etc. > > On Apr 6, 2017 1:27 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Can someone give me an executive summary of what USignite is? They are >> contacting local cities and telling them to join. And they are directing >> the cities to get a Gig from Comcast so they can join. Comcast cannot give >> them a gig in Saragoga Springs but Sterling can. >> >> Is this NGO? Not for profit? For profit? >> >> Looks like they are trying to build a large government network.
