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Americans nominate their towns for Google fiber

Molly Wood Feb 12, 2010
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Americans nominate their towns for Google fiber

Molly Wood Feb 12, 2010
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Google on Wednesday said it would build and test a super-fast, fiber-optic Internet service in a few communities, providing service to as many as 500,000 people.

The Sun-Star newspaper in Merced, California ran an editorial yesterday, trying to rally community support for a bid to get Google to build a fast network there.

Guests: Brandon Bowers, Merced Sun-Star; Stacey Higginbotham, GigaOm

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