Help me bring Google's broadband project to my city

[RadarScope1]

OK, way off topic and yes, it's a bit shameless, but I never do this sort of thing here and, hey, I thought my fellow RB members might be able to help a brother out with a couple of clicks.

You may have heard about Google's idea to select a U.S. city to test an open, ultra high speed fiber optic network with up to 1 gigabit per second speeds. (http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi) I'm part of the official team trying to bring it to my city. So, if you're not in a city already going for this and don't mind joining yet another arbitrary Facebook group, maybe give it a look? Mods, feel free to lock the thread if you don't approve. Won't hurt my feelings at all.

http://www.facebook.com/googlespringfield

[yomomma1]

No. I hate google and so does the state department.

Oh and I think Topeka has you beat.

[videogameexperiment]

Oh and I think Topeka has you beat.

You mean Google, KS?

[Inazuma]

Thanks for the link! I'm gonna fill out the form and nominate my community. (^_^)

[REPO Man]

I've got a better idea.

In my hometown (well, technically, the whole of the Outer Banks, and possibly the Nags Head/Kitty Hawk/Kill Devil Hills area and the township of Manteo), all we have in terms of high speed is shitty cable broadband from Charter Cable OR Embarq, the latter of which has some problems.

So... how do I get this for my area? I mean, the major area I just described is actually more or less the size of a major metropolitan area in terms of population.

[RadarScope1]

You can nominate your community right there on Google's form. It's pretty easy. But they're gonna pick a city that submits a formal nomination.

And Topeka has some nice gimmicks going. But I don't think that's gonna cut it. We'll see!