link for nomination's for Google Gigabyte Network - I recommend Cambridge

[John Chambers]

Franklin H. Chasen wrote:
|
| On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 01:36 -0500, Blake Parker wrote:
| > http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/public/options
| >
| > I submitted a nomination for Cambridge. Everyone is free to nominate any
| > community they choose. Municipalities can send in RFP's directly. If we
| > don't vote we can't complain if someone else gets it instead of us. I
| > suggest everyone makes their choice and also encourages others to do the
| > same.
|
| I had previously written to Boston's CIO suggesting that the city's
| application include running the fiber through the sewer system to lower
| construction costs and avoid Google's needing to share poles or conduits
| owned by competitors. In my personal nomination to Google I suggested
| that there could also be drops for a future wide area wireless network.

I assume you're referring to this:

http://www.google.com/tisp/install.html

I think most such proposals have been thinking of the storm-sewer system, but
this one makes for some fun reading.  I've also seen a video version of this,
but I'm too lazy to look it up right now, especially since it's  dinner  time
and I have to leave for a gig soon after.


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