Comments on: Touchdown! Florida Gators get gigabit broadband.

By: UF Info Technology

UF Info Technology — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:54:13 +0000

It’s the nature of university funding — Innovation Square and Innovation Hub has an entrepreneurial focus and the funding, staffing, and leadership have the vision of developing the area east of campus, and luring start-ups…more than an academic focus. Different governance, different outlook, different pots of allocated sources.

By: coachdanclark

coachdanclark — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:01:47 +0000

Lawrence- Many off-campus student housing complexes in Gainesville have 50 Mbps either included in the rent or for just $25 a month. How anyone can possibly use that much bandwidth, I’m not sure….But the students will find a way! http://www.gator.net/ethernet_locations.jsp
Glad to hear there’s good bandwidth in Seattle too. This kind of infrastructure will help drive whatever is next. GatorNet can dial it up to 100 Mbps since it is all fiber but there just hasn’t been a demand for it on a residential scale….yet.

By: Happen Better

Happen Better — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:04:56 +0000

Reblogged this on City Kit and commented: Residents of a small section of Gainesville, Fla. will get a gigabit network thanks to the GigU project that wants to deliver fiber to the home to areas around U.S. colleges and universities.

By: Lawrence Leung

Lawrence Leung — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 05:02:50 +0000

Condointernet in Seattle still has you beat. I’m paying $60 for 100 Mbit.

By: Mark H.

Mark H. — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 02:24:58 +0000

UF never had plans to eliminate its CS department. It was instead a merger between that and the Electrical Engineering department, as it is at MIT and UC-Berkeley.

That fell through due to lack of support in the CS department and disagreements over governance. UF has a huge push for innovation, as can be seen in their new innovation square: http://innovationsquare.ufl.edu/

By: Tony Camilli

Tony Camilli — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:10:38 +0000

Am I the only one who finds it ironic that a university that just eliminated its Computer Science department is putting emphasis on broadband and innovation?