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<blockquote type="cite">Local governments submitting RFIs must do so
via the interactive
response forms on the company's Web site. Google encourages local
governments to persuade nongovernmental community entities to submit
concurrent RFIs to bolster the RFIs submitted by their partnering
governments.</blockquote>
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<h4><a href="http://matr.net/article-37980.html">Google to build
ultra-fast broadband networks. Would you like to see a network in your
community? </a></h4>
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Michael Loftis wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:F2EECF58F254BA9FA36EAE3A@%5B192.168.1.44%5D"
type="cite"><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/think-big-with-gig-our-experimental.html"><http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/think-big-with-gig-our-experimental.html></a>
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Basically Google is looking for friendly markets/cities that aren't too
big to blanket with super high speed Internet. Missoula is a pretty
good choice being (roughly) halfway between the west coast and Chicago,
and also along fiber routes that go north and south.
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I think Missoula has a decent chance of making it into Google's
program. Exactly what's entailed/needed from the community is still
early, they're putting out RFI now. But if we as a community can show
them we want this, it would help build more tech industry in Missoula.
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