Economic Development
The City of Dublin, Ohio owns and operates the DubLINK broadband system. DubLINK consists of 125 miles of conduit and optical fiber and 24 sq miles of wifi covering both business and residential areas. DubLINK fiber is the backbone for the wifi system. DubLINK’s conduit/optical fiber passes by 2,000+ businesses. The DubLINK optical fiber system is in the nearly 100 miles of Columbus Fibernet (CFN) conduit and passes through several Central Ohio communities. The DubLINK fiber is connected to two major carrier hotels, data centers and cloud computing centers. DubLINK fiber is also present in a major POP and data center within OCLC. Also, at OCLC, DubLINK is connected to OARnet.
DubLINK provides connectivity for Battelle, (one of the largest not for profit research institutes in the world, headquartered in Central Ohio); Ohio Health; OCLC, IGS Energy; and Nationwide Insurance. DubLINK is interconnected to the City of Gahanna who also possesses a wifi system. DubLINK is enabling hospitals, schools, municipalities, and businesses in multiple communities to be interconnected with fiber and is beginning to expand that same interconnection with wifi.
Dublin, Ohio will provide a well-connected and robust dark fiber backbone and wifi system - a “test track” - to enable Google to meet its goals and minimize costs not just in Dublin but in various Central Ohio communities. The infrastructure is here, can Google come out and play?