Bring Google Fiber to Madison!

Posted by: simcock in MyBlog on Mar 05, 2010

Tagged in: Madison , Google Fiber , broadband

Google recently announced an experimental program to bring ultra-high speed network access to select communities in the U.S.   Their plan is to offer 1 gigabit per second fiber-to-home access to communities with 50,000 to 500,000 people, and do it at a competitive price.  Sounds optimistic, but we’ll take it!  Netflix and HD streaming services would fly, online backup of large media databases would be more feasible, home and coffee-shop telecommuters would be more productive, among many other advantages.   So how can you help?

The first step towards this possibility however is getting Madison chosen as one of the test cities.   The city is applying officially, but one of the decision-making factors is the level of community support.   There are a couple ways individuals can show support.  You can become a fan on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Madison-WI/Bring-Google-Fiber-to-Madison-Wisconsin/298796674303), follow on Twitter (http://twitter.com/GoogNet4Madison), and ‘Nominate your community’ directly with Google (http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/public/options).

For more general information on the project as well as national and local responses to it, check out the following links: