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Edited by Jotham Sederstrom | Jsederstrom@observer.com

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Friday August 09, 2013
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Barrel Wins ConnectNYC Fiber Contest

BY JORDYN TAYLOR

Their Chinatown office may boast a ping-pong table and two kegerators, but Barrel’s most important presence is on the web. Founded in 2006, the company helps other businesses develop and achieve their digital goals: from designing sleek websites to developing custom apps; tailoring online user experience to implementing content management systems.

“As a digital agency whose main operations exist on the web, our Internet connection has a direct impact on how our business functions,” said Boram Kim, Barrel’s office manager. Let’s just say they’re one forward-thinking company that definitely doesn’t have time for a backwards Internet connection.

But sadly, that’s exactly the situation Barrel had been dealing with—until last February, at least. “Our [pre-existing] Internet connection suffers from ‘node oversubscription,’ which means that the node servicing our area is highly utilized and experiences frequent down-time,” Ms. Kim said. She said Barrel currently has a cable/modem connection, with download/upload speeds of 50/5Mbps.

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Pres. Obama Visits Chattanooga to Talk Jobs

BY AVRAHMI BERKOWITZ

Last week, President Obama visited an Amazon plant located in Chattanooga, Tenn. “There is no better place to do business than right here in America,” said President Obama during his speech.

The trip raised awareness about the president’s plan to offer tax incentives to manufacturers to help keep jobs in the United States.

The president chose to speak at an Amazon plant because the Internet shopping giant recently announced the creation of 7,000 new jobs, many of which will be in Tennessee.

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Mayoral Candidate Bill Thompson Talks Tech

BY AVRAHMI BERKOWITZ

Bill Thompson is the former comptroller of New York City and a mayoral candidate. A recent Quinnipiac poll found that Mr. Thompson is preferred by 20 percent of likely Democratic primary voters, narrowly trailing Bill de Blasio with 21 percent and Christine Quinn with 27 percent. In a Quinnipiac poll in mid-July, Mr. Thompson had only 11 percent of the vote. His recent success near the election date may prove that slow and steady actually does win the race. He spoke with Wired City last week about broadband and technology.

Wired City: What are your overall feelings about NYC’s efforts to enter the tech scene?
Mr. Thompson: As mayor, I will make New York the most connected city in the world. Look around the world, and you’ll see why this is so important. In Kansas City, Missouri, Google is laying their Fiber network, providing super-high-speed broadband at a very low cost. That’s attracting innovators, entrepreneurs and jobs to their city. In Seoul, South Korea, the standard broadband access is at least 10 times as fast as ours—and only $20 a month. Again, that infrastructure advantage attracts thinkers and jobs.

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