City vying for super-fast Google broadband network

Last week the City Council formally endorsed an application to be a test city for Google Fiber for Communities, the company’s plan to build its own high speed Internet networks around the country.  The gigabit/second speeds would be 100 times faster than most DSL and cable modem lines.

Competition will be fierce. Our suburban neighbors in Overland Park are also applying. Further afield are St. Louis, Springfield, Lawrence, and Topeka. KC does have the advantage of being at the crossroads of several national network carriers and having one of the globe’s forty private network access points. Google’s network would also be a natural compliment to the City’s Green Impact Zone, the initiative to focus green technology investments in a disadvantaged area on the East Side.

Check out the GoogleKC bid site at googlekcmo.com.