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Google looking to offer broadband service

http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/public/overview

Got several emails about this. I'm thinking many of us could benefit from having such a service. Do we have the lines coming into Hawaii that could support such throughput? Is there anyone we know in City government that could respond to this RFI? Even if we didn't get selected, it would be interesting to watch such a project in motion in that there are a ton of potential issues that could come up as obstacles to such an endeavor.

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Permalink Reply by Ken Berkun on February 11, 2010 at 8:48pm: I sent an email to the Mayor's office. I would suggest you do the same.
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Permalink Reply by Ken Berkun on February 12, 2010 at 8:16pm: Seattle's Mayor has responded: http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/194246.asp, and ours????; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Carl on February 13, 2010 at 4:10am: Will do as you suggested.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mika Leuck on February 13, 2010 at 8:10am: Good suggestion Ken. We also filled out Google's request form. They said they would tell us on March 25th.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Daniel Leuck on February 14, 2010 at 2:04pm: The Star Bulletin just posted an article by Erika Engle:

The state of Hawaii "has jumped all over" the Google plan to bring 1-gigabit-per-second Internet speed to some U.S. locations on a trial basis, said Lenny Klompus, senior communications adviser to Gov. Linda Lingle. Google announced plans last week to test ultrahigh-speed broadband networks, at speeds more than 100 times faster than the typical Internet connection, at competitive prices. More...

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Permalink Reply by Ken Berkun on February 14, 2010 at 3:08pm: Good. Thank you and encouragement notes should be sent to the governor's office. Email form:
https://cs.ehawaii.gov/gov-ors/ctg-ci.html

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Daniel Leuck said:
The Star Bulletin just posted an article by Erika Engle:
The state of Hawaii "has jumped all over" the Google plan to bring 1-gigabit-per-second Internet speed to some U.S. locations on a trial basis, said Lenny Klompus, senior communications adviser to Gov. Linda Lingle. Google announced plans last week to test ultrahigh-speed broadband networks, at speeds more than 100 times faster than the typical Internet connection, at competitive prices. More...

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Leuck on February 15, 2010 at 7:58am: We've started a petition. Mahalo to Kevin Hughes for the idea and for writing the five points. I added a simple intro and threw it up on Petition Spot.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Carl on February 15, 2010 at 12:44pm: Carl said:
I signed the petition and also wrote the governor's office. Though it seems from the newspaper article that the state is already there and working towards the goal. Will refer others to the petition.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kevin Hughes on February 15, 2010 at 7:27pm: Since Google's initiative is focused on bringing fiber to homes rather than business and government, we felt it would be appropriate to start a petition that shows that local community-based support exists in the region. Strong results combined with support from the state should deliver a great one-two punch that convinces Google that Hawaii is the perfect state for such trials!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mika Leuck on February 15, 2010 at 10:41pm: Nice Gigabit Hawaii sprout Kevin!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by L.P. "NEENZ" FALEAFINE on March 4, 2010 at 11:41am: I finally signed the petition and was disappointed with the numbers! So, I wrote a blog post and will be blasting it out to my network, often until the deadline. http://www.ponomedia.com/2010/03/04/help-bring-googles-gigabit-to-h... C'mon Hawaii! :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Daniel Leuck on March 4, 2010 at 11:54am: Mahalo for your support Neenz! We agree - the numbers are currently disappointing and its an uphill battle. Some people were having trouble with PetitionSpot so we made it even easier to "sign" by creating a Facebook page. Would you mind updating your post? Again, mahalo nui loa for your valuable support!

L.P. "NEENZ" FALEAFINE said:
I finally signed the petition and was disappointed with the numbers! So, I wrote a blog post and will be blasting it out to my network, often until the deadline. http://www.ponomedia.com/2010/03/04/help-bring-googles-gigabit-to-h... C'mon Hawaii! :); ▶ Reply to This

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