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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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...
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...
Mahalo for the link Kev.
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.
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! :)
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