Cities Compete for Google Fiber Broadband2010-03-12 09:58 by DanielaTags: Google, Fiber, broadband
They're swilling Google-tinis in Sarasota, Fla., and vowing to Google-ize the names of their firstborn children up in Duluth, Minn. Topeka, Kan., has been temporarily rechristened Google, Kan. And mayors throughout the realm are vying for the search giant's favor, from sucking up to it on Twitter to jumping into icy Lake Superior in their shorts. All this to persuade Google to bring lightning-quick Internet access to their communities. Come on, America. Get a grip. From Berkeley to Boca Raton, Fla., hundreds of cities have joined the high-tech stampede to be chosen as a host for Google's grand fiber-optic experiment — free installation of a network delivering Internet speeds 100 times faster than what most Americans have ever seen. "The whole country is going goo-goo over Google", said Josh Wallace with the city of Palo Alto, which, by the way, is also courting Google for a slice of the fiber pie. "If I were Google, I'd look very hard at Palo Alto. We've got a lot of Facebook employees living here, and these engineers are crawling out of their skin to access this kind of network." Read more -here-
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