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Blog // Connected Texas

04/18/13

Google Fiber Coming to Austin

By CTX Staff

The Texas capitol is getting a huge boost in embracing the technology of the future! Google announced last week that Google Fiber, the company’s gigabit Internet service and digital cable package, is coming to Austin in 2014. Google Fiber provides customers with broadband Internet speeds of one gigabit per second, roughly 100 times faster than the average U.S. connection! Connected Texas Executive Director, Don Shirley, attended the official announcement. “Connected Texas congratulates the Austin community and its leaders for aggressively pursuing world-class broadband, which directly led to their selection as the next community for Google...

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11/29/12

Llano, Texas Celebrates Broadband Success!

By CTX Staff

The City of Llano, Texas is celebrating new access to broadband Internet service! It’s a success that no one appreciates more than Jim Beasley. Beasley is the Director of Technology for the Llano Independent School District. When he took the job seven years ago, there was only one option for a landline connection, but that service wasn’t able to meet the school district’s continually growing needs. Only T1 lines were available and problems started popping up when multiple classrooms attempted to connect to the Internet at the same time. After months of conference calls with the provider, it became clear they were not going to be able to...

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04/18/12

Validating Texas Broadband Service

By CTX Staff

Contributor: Dwayne Goodman We hope you enjoyed our blog yesterday about the different broadband delivery methods.  If you haven't checked it out, do so now!  Today, we're looking at how our team goes about validating the different broadband methods to provide more accurate, useful mapping of broadband availability. Validation: Residents typically come away with a better understanding of the insider terms, like “fixed wireless,” after they’ve been exposed to our engineering work and validation efforts across Texas. Our team of engineers verifies each of these platforms above by going out into the field with tools, test equipment...

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04/12/12

Broadband Internet Access Basics

By CTX Staff

Contributor: Dwayne Goodman I have encountered occasional misunderstandings about broadband technologies during my grassroots engineering work across Texas.  There are several types of broadband delivery methods, or “broadband platforms”, used in Texas today. We talk a lot about broadband and bringing it to more homes, businesses, and communities across the nation.  But do you know the different delivery methods for making that access and adoption possible?  If not, don't worry, you're not alone.   The type of broadband available in any given area of our state can depend on several factors- Is population dense or sparse?...

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