Gigabit Squared leads in community preparation for the development and operation of broadband facilities. This includes building trans-sector digital infrastructure and applications, as well as using open network service provider and exchange services. Gigabit Squared comes to the table with broadband providers offering over 25 years of experience developing private and public-private community broadband and digital infrastructure services, borrowing the best practices in business, technical and outreach from dozens of successful networks around the globe. Our approach is enabled by:
- Open Network Architecture (ONA) based on scalable fiber, wireless and Ethernet technologies;
- Open Network Exchange (ONE) providing network-to-network exchange of services between providers; and,
- Open Network Provider (ONP) framework for others to leverage digital infrastructure and services.
Gigabit Squared was formed to assist governments and public/private/non-profit/commercial network providers seeking to implement practical, sustainable and cost-effective high-speed broadband solutions for the new civic, security and economic paradigms of the information age.
We help communities implement digital purpose and meaningful use strategies to meet the “on-the-ground” realities of individual community, regional, national, or corporate settings. We focus on leveraging existing civic, community, corporate and provider assets and investments through trans-sector multi-stakeholder engagements and public-private partnerships.
A community’s energy grid is one of its most important economic development tools. And as both the cost and consumption of energy rises across the globe for the commercial and residential sectors, employing smart grid and energy management solutions helps communities drive down energy costs while reducing the need to import energy to cover peak load consumption periods. As companies look for facility locations, the quality and flexibility of a community’s energy grid has become a key consideration. To understand why, communities need only to look at the impact that energy has on a typical corporation’s bottom line.
As the cost of energy from renewable energy sources continues to fall, new opportunities for meeting sustainable development, energy security and economic growth goals through clean energy sources are becoming viable long-term investments for cities and towns across the U.S. Additionally, significant economic development and landholding repurposing opportunities are emerging for communities from the growing biofuels industry.
Successful technology and industrial parks are more than a collection of buildings. In today’s high-tech economy, a robust supporting infrastructure is essential for attracting and retaining the companies. As one of the more sizeable investments in any community’s economic development playbook, ensuring that the park’s underlying service structure is robust enough to support company scaling, growth and their ability to connect with customers and the global supply chain is of paramount importance. This takes careful planning, cooperation and coordination between multiple public and private partners.