Connected Dublin: Fiber to the Home Pilot

Connected Dublin: Fiber to the Home Pilot
June 14, 2023
THE STORY

Connected Dublin: Fiber to the Home Pilot

In June 2021, the City of Dublin, OH, pioneered a program uniting six of the nation’s top technology companies in what Dublin calls its “Fiber to the Home” (FTTH) pilot. DartPoints’ Dublin Data Center hosted the technology partners and worked through the completion of the project to ensure availability and uptime. In April of 2023, the project was deemed a success, and RFP responses are actively being researched for the full FTTH deployment throughout Dublin.

THE CHALLENGE

Making it Possible

DartPoints Dublin Data Center is supporting the City of Dublin, OH, in being the most connected city in America by providing a robust infrastructure to house Dublin and their partners’ needs for resiliency and uptime.

Success Factors

City of Dublin & partners had 24/7 access to infrastructure.

Multiple homes deployed in test bed

AI ensured residential security through Josh.AI platform

Fiber connectivity was reliable & performed well

THE SOLUTION

DartPoints Dublin Data Center is supporting the City of Dublin, OH, to become America’s most connected city. In a recent FTTH pilot project, DartPoints’ provided the infrastructure enabling the fiber and security technologies to be successfully deployed. In addition, by providing hosting services for the project and the other technology partners involved, DartPoints ensured availability and uptime to support the success of the pilot Fiber to the Home project.

THE RESULTS
  • Power Availability & Access to infrastructure during project
  • Up to 70% cost savings for Deployment of Fiber (based on usage of TRAXyL)
  • “Through outreach to other Ohio communities and a series of workshops in Dublin, the ICF Institute is promoting a vision of Intelligent Ohio: a network of cities and counties using the ICF Method to drive their economic, social and cultural development in the digital age.” – Intelligent Community Forum
  • Intelligent cities are places where the government and private sectors AND citizens collaborate to ensure that the community’s economic destiny is seized and ensured for generations.