On Thursday 11 February 2010 16:01:11 Kent Loobey wrote: > On Wednesday 10 February 2010 21:11:47 larry price wrote: > > Most of you have probably already heard something about Google's plan > > to trial a fast fiber to the home service somewhere in the United > > States. > > > > You can read about it straight from the source. > > > > http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/think-big-with-gig-our-experimenta > >l. html > > > > > > I would like to to encourage everyone who gets this message to go to > > > > http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/public/options > > > > Right now. > > > > And fill out the form nominating Eugene as a test site for the > > advanced high speed network. > > > > Things worth mentioning. > > > > Eugene has no current fiber to the home provider. > > > > Eugene has a highly educated workforce and a relative scarcity of > > local employers. > > > > Eugene has a high percentage of telecommuters. > > > > Eugene has a lot of artists, musicians, dancers and others for whom a > > true high speed network could open new markets and create new economic > > opportunities. > > > > Eugene has an existing public utility that could partner with google. > > And is also the location of an internet peering facility that is > > currently underutilized (OIX http://www.oregon-ix.net/ ) > > > > A high speed network would create new jobs and would reshape the > > economic landscape of Eugene and Lane County. > > > > Please pass this on and encourage everyone you know who cares about > > the economic future of the lower willamette valley to visit > > > > http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/public/options > > and nominate Eugene as a test site. > > I believe that Eugene should and will (How could they not?) apply to be a > part of this program. So if they do it will really help their (our) cause > if a large number of residents also nominate Eugene. > > When Eugene gets the network then we really need to get to work developing > some applications to utilize it. :-)
Google is looking for demonstration of the value of a high speed Internet and how we could demonstrate that value when we are in the trial. So I think it would be useful to get together and brain-storm on what we (Eugene) could do with a high speed connection that we couldn't do with what we currently have. > > Thank you for giving this your time and attention. > > _______________________________________________ > > EUGLUG mailing list > > euglug@euglug.org > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > euglug@euglug.org > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
