Greensboro Is Talking

Via Google Blog: Stanford gets a “test” neighborhood for GoogleFi.

We’ve reached an agreement with Stanford University to build an ultra-high speed broadband network to the university’s Residential Subdivision , a group of approximately 850 faculty- and staff-owned homes on campus. Through this trial, we plan to offer Internet speeds up to 1…

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Who would of thunk that we had 73812 telephone poles in Greensboro?

Steketee Greiner Co. has released their latest tracking report on Community Google Fiber efforts from across the Nation. Greensboro moved up from #10 to #9. Asheville came in at #7. North Carolina is the only state with more then one city in top ten.

.pdf report here

Derek Slater a policy analyst for Google, mentioned the possibilities on the Google Policy blog on July 23, 2008, of coalacing around the end user owning the last mile of our boudband infrastructure by asking the question: ” What if you could own your Internet connection? ” He raised it again there on Nov 20, 2008 …this from [...]

Here’s your chance to help with Greensboro’s RFI application.  The city has provided the narrative portion of the application for folks to contribute/add/subtract.  Time is winding down so step in, see what’s there and add your golden nugget that will make Google want to come to Greensboro!

Tom Lassiter does an outstanding job showing Google why Greensboro is the right choice.

Community Brainstorming Session today, hope to see you there. Where: Greensboro Public Library – Central Branch – 219 N. Church St. When: Sunday, March 21, 2010 2:00pm-4:00pm What: Informal gathering of community members pursuing ways that Greensboro can distinguish itself from others in the Google Fiber for Communities Initiative. Who: Everyone…[Read more]

Dale S, Frederick, MD asks Google:
“Do you expect financial incentives or committment from the host communities?”
Goggle Responds:
“No, we are not asking for any special privileges or incentives.”
Read More and ask your own questions with Google’s Q & A for Local Governments Moderator App

From Google’s Fiber for Communities  Site :

From now until March 26th, we’re asking interested municipalities to provide us with information about their communities through the Request for Information (RFI). If you are a local government official please send us any questions or requests for clarification using Google moderator . With Google…

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