Baltimore releases Google Fiber application
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In what may be the first instance across the country, Baltimore City released a copy of the application for the Google Fiber for Communities pilot project -- a 19-page document that attempts to persuade Google to invest up to a billion dollars for a new ultra-high-speed fiber-optic broadband network in the city.
Baltimore was one of more than 1,100 communities that submitted an application to Google by the deadline, March 26th. Many communities are hoping to lure Google's pilot project because they see it as a technological and economic shot in the arm for their local economies.
The Baltimore application was completed by a team of volunteers and city officials, who recently released a copy to The Baltimore Sun. (The official Website for Baltimore's effort is here.)
Here's the Baltimore application:
Google Fiber for Communities Baltimore Municipal Response COMPLETE.r
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Comments
Gus, thanks for posting this. There are a couple of points worth noting here.
First, the actual submission was not through this document, but instead via an online web-form setup by Google.
Second, many of the questions were length-limited to either 100, 386, 1000, or 2,500 characters. So, in cases where you might ask why we didn't say more, it's because of these space limitations.
We had much more to say but ultimately had to make some tough choices about what we would choose to focus on.
That all said, the document reflects extremely well on the city and tells a story about a renaissance that is much bigger than all of us. We think Google will want to be a part of that story.
Posted by: Dave Troy | April 8, 2010 9:12 AM