The University of Maine and its surrounding communities will soon have access to an ultra-high-speed gigabit Internet network. The project, called Gigabit Main Street, is being built by GWI and will provide business and residential customers in the Old Town and Orono communities with 125 times faster download speeds and 1,000 times faster upload speeds than current offerings. In 2011, UMaine joined the University Community Next Generation Innovation Project, also known as Gig.U, which is a group of 37 research universities from across the United States. …
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