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At a Stealth Communications fiber optic installation. (Photo: Courtesy Stealth Communications)

Tech Tenants Want Office Buildings With Multiple Broadband Providers

For businesses that exist entirely online, losing Internet access amounts to shutting down. One way to guarantee a building stays connected? Make sure it has more than one path to the Internet.
By Brady Dale
Employees of ERDF (Electricity Network Distribution France) and Louis Dreyfus company install an electric submarine cable and optical fiber between Quiberon and Belle-Ile-en-mer, western France, on March 11, 2015. The underwatered power line of 15km is installed by ERDF to connect the Brittany island of Belle-Ile-en-mer inhabited by 5000 people. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-SEBASTIEN EVRARD (Photo credit should read JEAN-SEBASTIEN EVRARD/AFP/Getty Images)

Google Fiber and AT&T Like Cities That Lay Fiber, Public IT Veteran Says

This public IT veteran has one piece of advice for city leaders: whenever an infrastructure project calls for opening up a street, go ahead and build fiber alongside whatever else you're doing.
By Brady Dale
Industry City, Bush Terminal, Sunset Park, Brooklyn. (Photo: Brady Dale for Observer)

Ten Gbps Broadband Service Coming to Southwest Brooklyn

One gigabit-per-second commercial Internet service will soon be made available to customers throughout Southwest Brooklyn.
By Brady Dale
CWA Political Coordinator Bob Master speaks while Comptroller Scott Stringer, Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh and Councilman Ben Kallos watch on (Photo: Will Bredderman/New York Observer).

Politicians and Union Leaders Take Aim at Verizon

By Will Bredderman
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