Wicked Fiber Pilot Project
Precinct 39 has won the Wicked Fiber Gigabit Pre-Registration contest. Precinct 39 crossed the threshold Monday with 10% of the households in the neighborhood pre-registering for Wicked Fiber service.
Because this precinct has only 746 addresses, Wicked Broadband has expanded the pilot project to include Vermont St. and two small neighborhoods in central and west Lawrence. With the addition of these areas the pilot project will pass just over 1,000 addresses.
During the five month pre-registration period, over 500 households from all over Lawrence pre-registered for service. Lawrence residents expressed their desire for to the same ultra high speed service that is available in Kansas City-KS, Chattanooga-TN, Lafayette-LA, Provo-UT and Austin-TX.
Neighborhoods with Wicked Fiber’s gigabit service will be able to access the Internet at 100 times the speed of the average American household. Customers using the service can stream multiple HD video streams and download full length movies in minutes. Since the service is bi-directional (i.e. upload speeds similar to its download speeds) customers are also able to upload photo albums, videos and other large files in the blink of an eye.
In keeping with Wicked Broadband’s commitment to community service, the company has pre-approved nineteen non-profit and government organizations in the pilot neighborhood for free Gigabit service. Pre-approved non-profits that express interest and return the application form will be provided with free gigabit service as part of the project.
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