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From YouTube: Connect Arlington
Description
Beneath our busy streets, a powerful network crisscrosses the County, connecting our government facilities, important systems and schools. Its called ConnectArlington. Its the County's own fiber-optic, high-speed, dedicated network that allows for super fast, secure connections and helps to ensure that our community will meet an ever growing demand for digital services. Learn more about why ConnectArlington matters and how the business and higher learning communities can also benefit from it.
https://departments.arlingtonva.us/dts/connectarlington/
A
A
Sensitive
information
is
shared
securely
because
the
fiber
is
dedicated
for
County
use
only
and
since
the
fiber
network
is
mostly
underground,
it's
protected
from
weather,
not
to
mention
the
data.
Transfer
speeds
are
unprecedented
up
to
hundreds
of
times
faster
than
any
shake
commercial
service.
All
this
and
connect
arlington
saves
the
county
money
compared
to
the
services
of
a
commercial
carrier.
Connect
arlington
saves
the
county
about
three
hundred
and
fifteen
thousand
dollars
a
month,
but
how
does
it
help
the
people
of
arlington?
A
Let's
say
you
are
there's
a
big
accident
ahead
of
Connect
Darlington
provides
the
capability
of
monitoring
the
traffic
signal
in
real-time
and
making
changes
to
the
signal
timings
based
on
traffic
packets,
which
also
helps
emergency
vehicles.
Get
there
faster
residents
can
also
experience
the
benefits
of
the
network
firsthand
the
county's
free,
high-speed
Wi-Fi
access
at
its
libraries
and
park
facilities.