Austin, Texas is launching a Smart Gigabit Communities initiative in January 2016. Austin has over 360,000 households with access to advanced fiber networks from providers like AT&T Gigapower and Google Fiber. Key local partners include civic hackers, tech incubators, the University of Texas, and city leadership. Initial application ideas focus on transportation, healthcare, and energy management. Austin offers resources like 100 sites connected to Google Fiber, the University of Texas Dell Medical School, SXSW Interactive Festival, and several tech incubators and accelerators to partner communities.

1. Austin, Texas
Smart Gigabit Communities
Launch
January 26, 2016

2. Community Overview
Unique and distinguishing characteristics
•Test bed for creative ideas and early adopters of technology innovations
•Progressive and fiercely entrepreneurial and well-educated workforce
•Live Music Capital of the World and home of SXSW Interactive Festival
•Almost 50 incubator, accelerators, maker and co-working spaces
Austin’s advanced network(s)
•Over 360,000 households
•Networks are online and under construction
•AT&T Gigapower and Google Fiber
•Greater Austin Area Network (GAATN)
•Working with University of Texas at Austin for the location of the GENI rack

3. Key Local Partners
• Civic Hackers
• Austin Tech Ranch
• Capital Factory
• SXSW Interactive
• University of Texas
• Chamber of Commerce
• Austin Tech Council
• Dell Medical School
• Mayor’s Office
• City Manager’s Office
PARTNERSPARTNERS
Sources of
DEVELOPERS
Sources of
DEVELOPERS
Community
LEADERS
Community
LEADERS

4. Application Idea 1
Under Construction
We are early on in the process but
ideas include Transportation,
Healthcare, and Energy Management.

5. What we have to offer to other communities
List of unique community resources to share with other SGCs
100 Community Connection sites to be connected to Google Fiber
University of Texas Austin Dell Medical School
SXSW Interactive Festival
 Brings together the world’s most creative developers, designers, bloggers and inventors
Austin Technology Incubator
Austin Tech Ranch
Capital Factory
Techstars Austin

6. What we have to offer to other communities
List of unique community resources to share with other SGCs
100 Community Connection sites to be connected to Google Fiber
University of Texas Austin Dell Medical School
SXSW Interactive Festival
 Brings together the world’s most creative developers, designers, bloggers and inventors
Austin Technology Incubator
Austin Tech Ranch
Capital Factory
Techstars Austin