zettaphile.com - BIGGER IS BETTER » Google Fiber http://www.zettaphile.com ...and the Latest is Greatest. TECHNOLOGY DISCUSSED. Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:01:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 And the Winner of Google’s Fiber Project Is… http://www.zettaphile.com/2010/03/29/and-the-winner-of-googles-fiber-project-is/ http://www.zettaphile.com/2010/03/29/and-the-winner-of-googles-fiber-project-is/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:46:54 +0000 Martin http://www.zettaphile.com/?p=570

The Winner of Google’s Fiber Project Is…

…going to be announced by the end of the year, apparently. *sigh*

Here’s the word straight from the horse’s mouth:


“Based on a rigorous review of the data, we will announce our target community or communities by the end of the year.”

According to Google’s blog, over 1,100 communities and 194,000 individuals submitted applications for the gigabit fiber experiment. (I only got to a fraction of that on my list of cities competing for Google’s gigabit project.) In typical Google-does-cool-stuff-with-data fashion, they’ve published a map showing where submissions came from:

Map of Submissions for Googles Fiber Project


I’m very curious as to what will take place next. I’ll be keeping an eye out for updates by Google–but if anybody has some (legitimate) inside information s/he wants to pass this way, it would be quite welcome!

P.S. Good Luck to All Those Who Applied!

]]> http://www.zettaphile.com/2010/03/29/and-the-winner-of-googles-fiber-project-is/feed/ 0 List of Cities Vying for Google’s Gigabit Project http://www.zettaphile.com/2010/03/02/list-of-cities-vying-for-googles-gigabit-project/ http://www.zettaphile.com/2010/03/02/list-of-cities-vying-for-googles-gigabit-project/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:24:29 +0000 Martin http://www.zettaphile.com/?p=249 As reported in our earlier article “Google Aims to Go Big with A Gig“, Google is planning a Fiber-to-Home Gigabit network and is taking applications!

With Topeka changing it’s name to Google for the month, and Duluth’s response taking it to another level, things are getting interesting!


Know of any other communities officially applying that aren’t on this list for Google’s Fiber to Home Gigabit Internet Experiment? Let us know!


Who’s Your Pick to Win? Don’t know? Well, you can check out how the candidates are faring in the digital space by checking out the PDF “Google Fiber Share of Voice Report”–awesome maps and graphs! *drool*

List of communities updated: 11 April 2010

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