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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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So now Google and rival AT&T are vying to bring stunningly fast Internet connections to homes in at least some parts of metro Atlanta. But why would you want or need speed that’s 100 times faster than most Americans get? We asked Ron Hutchins, the chief technology officer for the mac-daddy of techness, Georgia Tech, which already is chock full of the so-called gigabit-per-second speeds.