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( Memphis 3/10/2010) "I think it's a great opportunity, I think it will be great for Memphis," said Christine Taylor.
She is a huge supporter of bringing Google's Fiber Optic broad band network to Memphis.
Others like, David Neal says it won't affect him.
"A whole lot of people it wouldn't because they don't have internet," said Neal.
But Kerry Hayes from the mayor's office says the lack of broadband availability in the city right now, is just why Google should set up shop in Memphis.
"I think right now we don't have a lot of broad band penetration I think it is, we are reaching a point where its starting to hold us back from some really positive educational developments, really positive community development," said Hayes.
Google is planning to build and test a super fast fiber optic network in a few communities around the United States at their own expense. They say it will deliver internet service at one gigabit per second.
The new network would be a hundred times faster than any other network available right now, and it can download HD movies in minutes.
But it's a fierce competition among several cities to get the attention of the search engine giant.
They mayor of Topeka, Kansas even changed the city name for a month. "I'm the mayor of Google, Kansas."
The mayor of Duluth, Minnesota jumped into Lake Superior in frigid temps.
"Probably will not see Mayor Wharton jump in the Mississippi," added Hayes.
Instead the mayor's office has a different idea.
"Make real short one or two minutes videos of themselves, using their cell phones or their laptop cameras and email those video files," added Hayes.
They say no crazy stunts, just conversation on how Google fiber can make a difference in the lives of Memphians.
- Memphis tries to get Google's attention
- To become a pilot area for Google's plan to build fiber optic broadband networks.
- It would be incredibly fast and reach every home and business in the city.
( Memphis 3/10/2010) "I think it's a great opportunity, I think it will be great for Memphis," said Christine Taylor.
She is a huge supporter of bringing Google's Fiber Optic broad band network to Memphis.
Others like, David Neal says it won't affect him.
"A whole lot of people it wouldn't because they don't have internet," said Neal.
But Kerry Hayes from the mayor's office says the lack of broadband availability in the city right now, is just why Google should set up shop in Memphis.
"I think right now we don't have a lot of broad band penetration I think it is, we are reaching a point where its starting to hold us back from some really positive educational developments, really positive community development," said Hayes.
Google is planning to build and test a super fast fiber optic network in a few communities around the United States at their own expense. They say it will deliver internet service at one gigabit per second.
The new network would be a hundred times faster than any other network available right now, and it can download HD movies in minutes.
But it's a fierce competition among several cities to get the attention of the search engine giant.
They mayor of Topeka, Kansas even changed the city name for a month. "I'm the mayor of Google, Kansas."
The mayor of Duluth, Minnesota jumped into Lake Superior in frigid temps.
"Probably will not see Mayor Wharton jump in the Mississippi," added Hayes.
Instead the mayor's office has a different idea.
"Make real short one or two minutes videos of themselves, using their cell phones or their laptop cameras and email those video files," added Hayes.
They say no crazy stunts, just conversation on how Google fiber can make a difference in the lives of Memphians.
