Google announced in Feb.2010 that it was building an experimental,ultra high speed broadband network across America. In this trial service, about 500,000 people would be provided with ultra high speed broadband with a speed of 1 Giga bit per second...about 200 times faster than the average UK speed of 5 Mb/second. The service will be an extension of Google's existing fiber network, which links its various data centres around the US.
As a result a frenzy of ideas have been put forward including from thousands of Americans across the country. More than 200 groups on Facebook are pushing different cities and counties for Google's broadband plan. Among the ideas submitted includes a group in Baltimore launching a Web site that uses Google mapping to plot the location of more than 1,000 residents and gives their reasons for wanting the service. Other cities in pursuit include Cincinnati, Portland (Oregon), Grand Rapids (Michigan), Rochester (New York), Baton Rouge (Louisiana).
But it seemed to date the most original appeared to be the Kansas capital...The city of Topeka which has named itself "Google" for the month of March in its bid for hosting the search engines'broadband.
One Facebook group named "Bring Googles' Fiber Experiment to Topeka" has attracted about 14,500 members so far.
Deadlines for the bid are till late March and the selected communities will be announced later this year.
May the Best City win :))
hmm .. People do think alike !
ReplyDeleteOfcourse this has nothing to do with the post, but the blog name :)