It is a partnership of the State of Illinois, the City of Chicago and Gigabit Squared.
Following up on a request for information issued in September 2012,[1] in October, the University of Chicago, in partnership with the State of Illinois and the city, announced a project to bring gigabit-speed fiber to over 4,825 residents, businesses, schools and healthcare institutions in the Chicago's Mid-South Side neighborhoods.
Based on neighborhood participation and adoption, it has been reported that next generation broadband access (gigabit-per-second) will be potentially available to as many as 210,000 residents who live in over 79,000 households as well as the 10,000 businesses in the area.
[3] The network will initially be deployed to 9 demonstration neighborhoods: Hyde Park, Kenwood, Woodlawn and Washington Park will be among the initial neighborhoods for the buildout, getting fiber and wireless capacity in the next year.
[7] Chicago was also facing issues with Gigabit, as no milestones have been met after $2 million of investment from the city.