[Chat] Help bring Google's Gigabit fiber to Baltimore
Emil Volcheck
volcheck at acm.org
Wed Feb 24 00:16:35 EST 2010
Matthew,
I've been in touch with the Mayor's Office of IT, and they are
submitting a response to the RFI. It's not so much a question
of whether we qualify, but how much response we can get!
--Emil
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 23:39, <weinsteinm at aol.com> wrote:
> Emil and all -
> Our main City Council contact on the "Where Is Bmore FiOS" campaign tells me
> that the City is aware of this and is actively exploring the RFI to see if
> we qualify. Would obviously be a huge coup if we got it!
>
> -Matthew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Emil Volcheck <volcheck at acm.org>
> To: Charles Village Chat List <chat at charlesvillage.info>
> Sent: Tue, Feb 23, 2010 10:56 pm
> Subject: [Chat] Help bring Google's Gigabit fiber to Baltimore
>
> Hello, neighbors,
>
> Please check out the initiative to help Baltimore win
> the privilege of being among the first locations chosen
> for Google's Fiber for Communities initiative. Visit
>
> http://www.bmorefiber.com/
>
> to learn more. The selection closes March 26th.
> The more support we get the better, so please spread
> the word. Google is choosing a few locations to roll
> out highspeed (Gigabit per second, or 1000 Mbps)
> optical fiber. Verizon is not serving Baltimore with
> their fiber optical FiOS service, so let's hope Google
> will give it to us first. Highspeed fiber in Baltimore will
> be a powerful enhancement to the Internet infrastructure
> that will enhance business opportunities, telecommuting,
> and better Internet service for citizens.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Emil
>
>
> --
> Emil Volcheck
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> http://EmilVolcheck.com/
>
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Emil Volcheck
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