March 27, 2010

RVA Application Submitted

The City of Richmond submitted the application for the Google Fiber for Communities project on Friday, March 26. According to the Google blog, over 1,100 communities across America submitted applications and over 194,000 people nominated their community. Help us keep building on fan base on Facebook, be sure to watch the video submitted….Read more»“

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3/21/10 • Broadband in the weekend News

Check out this week’s Economist article about the FCC’s plan for Broadband. It’s too timid and drags out for the next decade, calling for universal speeds of 4Mbps by 2020! Google’s planned network will be 250 times faster in 2010! The FCC goal of 100Mbps in 100 million homes by 2020 is too timid, too. Read more »

3/18/10 • Richmond competing for Google’s ultra high speed broadband

The City of Richmond has joined a growing list of municipalities hoping tech giant Google picks it for a new a high-speed broadband experiment that could increase Internet surf times by 100. According to a website established to drum up local interest in the contest, Richmond is a perfect test market. And the local web/marketing community volunteered to build a website and activate social media outlets….

3/17/10 • Mayor Dwight C. Jones issues support

Mayor Dwight C. Jones announced today the City of Richmond’s intent to apply for the Google Fiber for Communities Project on March 26 and urges all of the Richmond community and region to support the City’s efforts. Read more »

3/16/10 • The City of Richmond submits a Google Fiber application

The City of Richmond will announce that it is submitting an application for the Google Fiber for Communities Project on March 26! If you don’t know what that is, we’ll tell you: Google is looking for a place to build a high speed broadband network unlike any other in the world with speeds as fast as 1Gb per second, which is about 100-150 times faster than what you have now. Read more »

3/15/10 • How Richmond Benefits From Broadband

Richmond benefits in so many ways from this project, check out all the many reasons why!

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