MLK Day Of Service At Girard College

Fox 29′s Shawnette Wilson was out at Girard College in North Philadelphia this morning where over 3,000 volunteers will participate in a huge MLK Day of Service project. SEE VIDEO

Volunteers honor King’s legacy

In a noisy, crowded gym at Girard College, Abel Jose-Perez and Tom Power labored over a computer, one of 100 to be refurbished and given to students and families with no Internet access. READ MORE

Philadelphia CTO Allan Frank on Google Fiber Initiative

Allan Frank speaking on the Google Fiber Initiative.

Philly Startup offering prize for super network idea

An article posted on Philadelphia Business Journal – March 19, 2010 Written by: Peter Key At a Philly Startup Leaders group meeting wednesday night, its board decided to fund a prize with its money, which amounts to $5,000, and all other money anyone else wants to contribute to find the next BIG IDEA for a [...]

Phila. Bids for Contract with Google for Internet Service

A radio by KYW’s Mike Dunn KWY1060 – March 21, 2010 Google is considering constructing an ‘ultra high speed” internet network and Philadelphia is among the cities vying to get it. Philadelphia’s Chief Information Officer Allan Frank spoke with KYW’s Mike Dunt. LISTEN TO

Philadelphia, the City of Google-y Love

An article posted on Philly.com – March 19, 2010 written by: Mike Armstrong You may have heard that Google Inc. plans to build a bunch of experimental broadband networks that would be far faster than anything currently in operation. The company announced its plans in February, and any city or town can apply to land [...]

Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan

The staff of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created the National Broadband Plan. To an extraordinary extent, however, the author of this plan is America itself. Broadband is the great infrastructure challenge of the early 21st century. Like electricity a century ago, broadband is a foundation for economic growth, job creation, global competitiveness and a [...]

The Economic Impact of Digital Exclusion

March 5, 2010 a whitepaper by: Digital Impact Group digitalimpactgroup.org Econsult Corporation econsult.com In the US, over 100 million individuals representing over 40 million households do not use broadband because they cannot access it, cannot afford it, do not know how to use it, or are not aware of its benefits. This “digital divide” is [...]

Community launches support portal for Google gigabit fiber

An article that appeared on Technically Philly – March 3, 2010 Written by: Brian James Kirk After announcing last week its intent to apply to be a test bed for Google’s ultra-high speed fiber, city officials have collaborated with community developers to launch an external initiative to drum up buzz for its proposal. READ MORE

Philadelphia to apply for Google’s experimental ultra-high speed broadband

An article that appeared on Technically Philly – March 3, 2010 Written by: Brian James Kirk “Let’s light this joint up,” city Chief Technology Officer Allan Frank said, throwing his hands in the air and walking off stage at the fifth Ignite Philly, seemingly surprised by the cheers and laughs the slide earned. READ MORE