Alan Fitzpatrick - Making Charlotte the Crown Jewel of Gigabit Internet Cities - GCS16

City Spotlight: CharlotteCommunity focus on making Charlotte

the Crown Jewel of Gigabit Internet cities.

Terry Cox, President and CEOBusiness Innovation and Growth (BIG).

Alan Fitzpatrick, COODC74 Data Centers, Entrepreneur

Charlotte Hearts Gigabit2014

Feb 19: Google Fiber names Charlotte as potential build.

March 1: Terry writes Op_Ed

March 3: Alan creates website

Charlotte Hearts GigabitA grassroots team ofentrepreneurs andtechies.

Our mission is toeducate and advocatefor ultra high speedinternet and digitaltransformation.

@CltHeartsGbCharlotteHeartsGigabit.comPhoto taken April 29,

2014.

CharlotteHeartsGigabit.com

EducateEvangelizeExciteExperience

Jan 13 - Chamber of Commerce Ballantyne Chapter Luncheon.Jan 29 - Gigabit Lunch 'n Learn at Harris Teeter HQ.Feb 3 - Gigabit presentation at the PMI Metrolina meeting.Feb 12 - Gigabit presentation to the Charlotte Area Consultants.Feb 24 - Gigabit presentation to the Association of IT Professionals.March 18 - Best Minds City Jam Charlotte. April 5 - Gigabit Cities Live in Charlotte! May 11: Matthews Chamber of Commerce monthly lunch meetingMay 16-18: Gigabit City Summit in Kansas City. 

Gig WOW Experience – Sept 2015

• Keynote speaker: Jeff Stovall - CIO City of Charlotte

• Updates from Google Fiber, AT&T, TWC

• Panel Discussion• Gigabit Demonstrations• Hands-on experience

Gig WOW Experience

Gaston County

Gigabit - Why do we care?

Jan 13, 2015...Charlotte was in the Audience

Life changed on January 27, 2015

Charlotte ISP Announcements

Charlotte Google Fiber BuildJune 23, 2015

Google Fiber Hut in Charlotte

AT&T GigaPower Speedtest in CharlotteJune 2015

Digital Inclusion Committee

Kickoff meeting 2/18/15

Full time PM

http://DigitalCharlotte.org@digCLT

Lift Up Citizen Voices“The nonprofit Charlotte Hearts Gigabit has played an important role in helpingmake Charlotte’s broadband ambitions come to fruition.”

http://www.bbcmag.com/2015mags/Aug_Sep/BBC_Aug15_CharlottesFiberWeb.pdf

http://nextcenturycities.org/connecting-21st-century-communities-a-policy-agenda-for-broadband-stakeholders/

Reception of

Incumbent ISPs

CitiesEntrepreneu

rsTechies

Consumers

Chamber

Tech Assoc.

Google Fiber

HesitantConfused Supportive,but own agenda

Very Supportive

by the Community

Lessons Learned

1. Most people don’t know what Gigabit is2. Even techies may not get it3. Let people put their hands on it4. Share a vision of what’s possible5. Be inclusive

Smart City

Unbounded Opportunity

“No one knows definitively how Gigabit Fiber will lead to changes in Charlotte. But one thing we can say definitively: It is going to be exciting!”

- Jeff Stovall, CIO City of Charlotte

Community focus on making Charlottethe Crown Jewel of Gigabit Internet

cities.

CharlotteHeartsGigabit.com @CltHeartsGb