Please Attend And Support – Missoula Should Pursue A Commercial GigaPOP. 2/13, Missoula, Montana

In order to support our local businesses and entrepreneurs and support MEP’s mission, the Economic Development Subcommittee believes the time is now for Missoula to pursue a commercial gigaPOP.

Should we be awarded the Big Sky Trust Fund grant, our hope is to evaluate the demand for gigabit connection speeds. In addition to faster and higher capacity broadband, benefits include reduced network latency and putting Missoula, MT on the map as one of the best spots in the West to build your innovative technology company.

Please join us and add your support to this very important initiative.

Wed. Feb. 13

9:05 AM

Missoula City Council Chambers, 140 w Pine

A and F stands for Administration and Finance, and it is a committee of the city council. The grant for a feasibility study is part of the the work of the Economic Development Subcommittee, which is comprised of 19 business and community leaders. The idea comes from the technology survey we did recently.

Contact: Caitlin Copple – [email protected]

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What is a GigaPOP?

Gigapop is short for gigabit point-of-presence, an access point to Internet2, the network collaboration between universities and partners in industry and government to develop advanced Internet technologies and applications such as telemedicine and digital libraries. Currently, over 170 U.S. universities take part using approximately 30 gigapops for access. Gigapops are distributed geographically across the United States and generally support data transfer rates of at least one gigabit per second (Gbps). One gigapop is intended to serve up to 12 participating institutions.

A Type I gigapop provides access to the network shared with other gigapops. A Type II gigapop provides access to additional networks needed for research purposes. The Type 2 gigapop requires routing policies and authorization mechanisms.

Today’s Internet began as an academic and defense research network. Although Internet2 has a similar beginning, it is expected to lead to enhancements to the existing Internet, not to a new or alternative Internet.

http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/gigapop