Google is interested in deploying fiber-to-the-home broadband with 1 gigabit per second speeds to selected communities in order to experiment with next-generation broadband applications and deployment techniques. [1]
They have put out a request for information (RFI) [2] to identify interested communities. Since Provo already has the fiber build-out (more or less) complete, I wonder if Provo would be a compelling candidate for Google to consider. Perhaps they could partner with Veracity (the current stewards of iProvo). Google is requesting information from both local governments, as well as community groups. [3] I think PLUG, as a community group, should respond to the RFI. [1] http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/think-big-with-gig-our-experimental.html [2] http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi [3] http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/public/options /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
