April 5th, 2005
This city-owned cable system will offer VoIP
Let me tell you about Tifton, Georgia. A town 2.5 hours south of Atlanta on I-75, its shining attraction is the Georgia Agrirama, an exhibit dedicated to the agricultural and technical acoutrements of Georgia farm life past and present.
Now, the city of Tifton is about to be known for a far-newer technology Net2Phone has signed a five-yearagreement with the city of Tifton to enable Net2Phone VoiceLine Broadband Telephony. Tifton will offer the service to subscribers via CityNET,its own, city-run cable system.
Pricing details to follow. We’ll stay on top of this one.
This is an interesting development: a city-owned cable system run by and for its citizens (rather than shareholders) partnering with the private sector to offer VoIP.
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Russell Shaw is an enterprise computing journalist, analyst and author based in Portland, Oregon. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
