MAYOR VINCENT C. GRAY TO ANNOUNCE FIRST MUNICIPAL 100-GIGABIT NETWORK IN NATION AT BIWEEKLY PRESS BRIEFING

First Link in DC-CAN Project Will Enable Ultra-High-Speed Access in Underserved Areas

WHAT/WHO:              Mayor Vincent C. Gray, District Chief Technology Officer Rob Mancini, DC-Net Director Tegene Baharu and National   Telecommunications And Information Administration (NTIA) Director Tony Wilhelm will announce the "lighting up" of the D.C. Community Access Network (DC-CAN) 100 Gigabit Network. Mayor Gray will also take questions.

WHEN:              Wednesday, December 7, 2011

                        10:00 a.m.

WHERE:            Office of Unified Communications Media Center

             2720 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue SE

             Washington, DC  20032

BACKGROUND:                 This milestone makes the District the first municipality in the nation to build a network that provides Internet access at speeds 10 times faster than typical service-provider networks today. Mayor Gray and other officials broke ground on the project in March, and its first link provides ultra-high-speed access to previously underserved areas east of the Anacostia River.