Detroit-based Rocket Fiber Revs Motor City’s Gigabit Broadband with ADTRAN
June 27 2016 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Service provider spearheads Detroit
entrepreneurship and economic revitalization with a scalable
network for the future
ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ: ADTN), a leading provider of
next-generation open networking solutions, today announced that
Rocket Fiber has joined the company’s Enabling Communities,
Connecting Lives program to continue pushing Detroit’s resurgence
forward after a significant economic recession. Rocket Fiber is
within the Rock Ventures Family of Companies, which serves as the
umbrella entity for all of Dan Gilbert’s portfolio of business and
real estate investments including Quicken Loans. The company was
born out of Quicken Loans’ internal idea and innovation
pipeline.
Rocket Fiber is leveraging ADTRAN’s gigabit broadband services
platform to deliver high-speed broadband service to the previously
underserved residents and businesses in Detroit. By extending
gigabit services to intercity residents and businesses, Rocket
Fiber is providing an integral piece to building a new future for
Detroit as a next-generation technology smart city.
“The city of Detroit—home to Quicken Loans, the country’s
largest online lender—is quickly becoming a destination for
innovative tech-based start-ups to thrive, yet the city was unable
to find anyone to bring the high-speed connectivity required to
sustain growth. ADTRAN enabled us to build our own infrastructure
and use it to power and revitalize a city that we loved and to
serve a community that needed a helping hand,” said Randy Foster,
chief technology officer at Rocket Fiber. “Our goal is to cultivate
innovation from small, local businesses and create a unique
ecosystem that will support long-standing entrepreneurship in
Detroit for years to come.”
Rocket Fiber began by delivering the necessary high broadband
services to connect Quicken Loans’ powerhouse data centers;
however, it quickly expanded to support Detroit’s Central Business
District. Using ADTRAN’s Gigabit broadband platform with
ultra-broadband, Internet services are now being delivered across a
20+ mile fiber infrastructure in downtown Detroit. Rocket Fiber
believes the availability of such high-speed connectivity will
provide yet another spark for entrepreneurship and innovation that
will continue to bring the Motor City back to life.
“Rocket Fiber saw that Detroit could thrive if the city
encouraged and supported an entrepreneurial culture. Providing
small business owners and residents the advancements in technology
and Gigabit broadband is instrumental to not only start new
businesses in the city, but for them to remain in the city,” said
Mitch Fleming, vice president of carrier sales, ADTRAN. “From
healthcare and education to real estate and community morale,
Rocket Fiber has brought more than just high-speed access to
Detroit, they have brought new life to the city.”
View Rocket Fiber’s video case study to learn more about the
company’s Gigabit success.
For more information about ADTRAN’s Enabling Communities,
Connecting Lives program, click here.
About ADTRAN
ADTRAN, Inc. is a leading global provider of networking and
communications equipment. ADTRAN’s products enable voice, data,
video and Internet communications across a variety of network
infrastructures. ADTRAN solutions are currently in use by service
providers, private enterprises, government organizations, and
millions of individual users worldwide. For more information,
please visit www.adtran.com.
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