Forge Web

Only a few months ago, Google announced their intent to build experimental, ultra-high speed broadband networks and have since been working to earn over 1,100 community responses in their request for information and nearly 200,000 responses from individuals across the United States. Throughout the process, they’re confirmed what we all already know: faster internet is high in demand.

To thank everyone, all the communities and individuals who’ve shown tremendous support for the project, they’ve launched a new website Google Fiber for Communities through which you can learn more about fiber networks and stay on top of their project. They also encourage you to advocate for common-sense federal and local policies that would help fiber deployments nationwide.

Google was so honored by the grassroots enthusiasm across the country for this project that they put together a short video to say thank you. Google plans to name their target community or communities by the end of the year. While I don’t think Google’s efforts will transform the landscape of web development for at least another decade, I did notice that our location, the city of Irvine and a couple other cities nearby are on that list of city responses. Would I move to a nearby city for faster internet? It’s definitely a possibility.

Meanwhile, I’ll keep my fingers crossed for the city of Irvine.