Stoneridge Apartments in a suburb of Austin, Texas, is leveling the broadband playing field for low-income residents by offering free Wi-Fi service courtesy of PCs for People. Broadband Communities thanks Brittany Hustad, senior project manager, Dominium; Maria Christinia, community manager, Stoneridge Apartments; Tom Esselman, executive director, PCs for People Kansas City; Jim Crammond, president, MoCA; and Andreas Bergman, head of sales and channel account management, InCoax Networks AB for contributing information for this profile.

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DWDM and grey optics show promise to help service providers increase the capacity of existing optical fiber.

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