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[ NNSquad ] Google Fiber (probably) coming to Provo, Utah
Google Fiber (probably) coming to Provo, Utah
http://j.mp/100zpiC (Official Google Blog)
"Today the Google Fiber team is in Provo, Utah, where Mayor John Curtis
just announced that we intend to make Provo our third Google Fiber
City. Utah is already home to hundreds of tech companies and
startups, and many of them are based in Provo. In fact, the Provo area
ranks second in the nation in patent growth, and is consistently
ranked as one of the top places to live and do business in the U.S. We
believe the future of the Internet will be built on gigabit speeds,
and we're sure the businesses and residents of Provo already have some
good ideas for what they'd build with a gig.
In order to bring Fiber to Provo, we've signed an agreement to
purchase iProvo, an existing fiber-optic network owned by the city. As
a part of the acquisition, we would commit to upgrade the network to
gigabit technology and finish network construction so that every home
along the existing iProvo network would have the opportunity to
connect to Google Fiber. Our agreement with Provo isn't approved
yet-it's pending a vote by the City Council scheduled for next
Tuesday, April 23. We intend to begin the network upgrades as soon as
the closing conditions are satisfied and the deal is closed."
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Great news for Provo. But I'd really like to see a Google Fiber
deployment experiment in a rural area currently underserved for even
basic Internet connectivity, with the understanding that the effort
would be more expensive.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
- Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com
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