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Eden Prairie Residential Survey Results

Over 200 Eden Prairie residents responded to an online survey about broadband and Internet services sponsored by the Technology Task Force. Thanks to those who took the time to complete the survey. Here are some of the very interesting results!

Almost half of respondents have three or more computers in their homes.
Two-thirds connect [...]

Telecommunications Providers

A key task for Community Technology Advisors is to inventory and analyze the current telecommunications infrastructure and services in Eden Prairie.  We have been interviewing providers and are getting a pretty clear picture.   At our last task force meeting, Comcast and Time Warner Telecom made presentations to the group about their current and planned services.
Time [...]

Comcast Plans

I found this information in the daily Baller Herbst email headlines service today.  It describes some of Comcast’s thinking about where and how to roll out its DOCSIS 3.0 services that enable much, much higher Internet speeds over its existing networks. http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6456852.html Somthing to think about before next week’s meeting with Comcast at the EP [...]

Technology and Economic Development

In the last four days, I have seen two articles about the importance of connectivity and economic development. Friday, the Business Journal had an article on Northfield and the community’s plan to leverage a St. Olaf College fiber network for high bandwidth services to technology-dependent companies. You can find this article at http://twincities.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2007/06/11/story3.html.
Then [...]