The Metropolitan Unified Fiber Network (MUFN) combined 16 Madison area groups to request a federal grant to improve network infrastructure between them. MUFN was awarded a $5.1 million grant by the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) in the first round of the Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Today, Madison area organizations that comprise MUFN include:
- City of Madison
- City of Middleton
- City of Monona
- Dane County
- DaneNet (Community groups serving seniors, low-income and vulnerable populations in Dane County)
- Madison College
- Madison Metropolitan School District
- Middleton-Cross Plains School District
- Monona Grove School District
- South Central Library System
- SupraNet Communications
- UnityPoint Health - Meriter
- University of Wisconsin - Madison
- UW Health (UW Hospital & Clinics, Medical Foundation and Medical School
- WiscNet
- Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
- Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
- Wisconsin Independent Network
- Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene
MUFN is a collaborative metro fiber-optic network serving education, health, government, Non-Profit-Organization anchor institutions in the Madison, Middleton, and Monona, WI area. It unifies and augments existing telecom resources to facilitate enhanced Internet, point-to-point connectivity, and application sharing. This effort improves broadband access, economic development, public safety, education, and community support programs.
MUFN is comprised of non-profit members and two commercial network service providers. If you are a non-profit you can either join MUFN as a member or can work with with SupraNet Communications or Wisconsin Independent Networks (WIN)to learn how MUFN fiber can help you.
If you are a for-profit organization, please work with SupraNet or WIN to see how they can help you.
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The BTOP award will enable MUFN and metro Madison to provide instant access between schools, libraries and public health facilities, while also reaching underserved citizens.
The BTOP grant will be used to improve network infrastructure throughout greater Madison. (Map PDF)
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The MUFN project was funded by the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) in the first round of the Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
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