The City has identified the zoning and infrastructure necessary to support a tech-based economy and is setting the conditions to further economic development. As part of this initiative, Dublin is expanding its communications network, which includes DubLink, an underground fiber-optic highway providing competitive service, connectivity and redundancy for voice, data and video communications systems. This high-speed network provides instantaneous access to the global marketplace. The looped system offers backup capabilities through three central offices. Businesses have the opportunity to choose their own service provider or to lease fiber capacity.
Utilizing DubLink, the City also has installed a wireless fidelity, or Wi-Fi network, throughout Dublin's business corridor providing mobile access and enhancing speed, function and reliability. Through the Central Ohio Research Network, which Dublin launched in 2005, businesses can directly connect to the Ohio Supercomputer Center and link to Ohio's colleges and universities, research labs, and hospitals via 1,600 miles of a high-speed broadband network.
The City of Dublin’s broadband deployment program has received international recognition. Dublin was named a 2008 Smart21 Community in the Intelligent Community of the Year awards program. Dublin shares the honor with 20 other global communities, including Capetown, South Africa; Gangnam-gu District, Seoul, South Korea; Doha, Qatar; Vancouver, British Columbia and Dundee, Scotland.