Mozilla Adds Two Cities to Gigabit Community Fund

Mozilla (Firefox) is adding two cities to its Gigabit Community Fund. The fund is awarding $300,000 in grants to leverage gigabit fiber networks in Eugene (OR) and Lafayette (LA) the company said. The money will go to things like ultra-high definition in the classroom and VR field trips, taking a page or two from existing Mozilla gigabit cities Austin (TX), Chattanooga (TN), and Kansas City (MO). The fund is a collaboration with the National Science Foundation and US Ignite. The two cities were added based on various criteria, including widely deployed high-speed broadband and a "critical mass" of anchor institutions.