Click on this website to join the Google effort!
PLEASE NOTE: The direct links for the Google project– 1) Google form to nominate Greater Lansing. This is for everybody, individuals and businesses; 2) Greater Lansing website describing the regional effort.
What can you do to help get Google build ultra high-speed Internet service in the Lansing area?
If you use the net, either as an individual or as a business, you can play a vital role in getting Google to select our area as part of its demonstration project to invest big time to build the world’s fastest Internet service.
To help, you need to go to this website where you can get a complete explanation of the project and you can find a link to Google and their form where you can nominate our area for this project. Your action is crucial.
Lansing At-large City Council-member Kathie Dunbar has been a member of the steering committee that includes Lansing and other nearby governmental units in a historic effort to file a joint application for the Google project.
Here’s a news release describing their IMPRESSIVE effort:
March 11, 2010 – Unless you were hibernating for the past month, you’ve
probably heard of Google’s plan to invest half a billion dollars
connecting every home in select communities to ultra high-speed fiber
optic broadband, providing Internet speeds of 1 gigabit per second, more
than 100 times faster than we have today.From now until March 26th, Google is accepting government proposals and
community nominations to help them decide where to install this
high-speed fiber infrastructure. Locally, government officials from six
municipalities (Lansing, East Lansing, Delta Twp., Lansing Twp.,
Meridian Twp., and Delhi Twp.) have joined forces in an impressive
showing of regional collaboration to goad Google to Greater Lansing.
Other core committee members include Accelerate Lansing, ACD.net, the
Board of Water and Light, Consumers Energy, the Lansing Economic Area
Partnership (LEAP), and Michigan State University.According to Kathie Dunbar, who serves as Google’s point of contact for
the regional application, “This opportunity has the potential to
transform the entire social, economic, political, and educational
landscape of our region, which is exactly what Google is hoping for.
They want to learn how universal fiber deployment affects interactive
civic engagement, economic development, job creation, talent recruiting,
entrepreneurial activities, health outcomes, remote learning, social
media, and yes, video and gaming technology. Faster refresh rates are
just the tip of the iceberg!”In addition to a strong government proposal, we also need a strong
showing of public support, which weighs heavily in Google’s
consideration of potential communities. They want to invest their half
a billion dollars where people and organizations demonstrate widespread
enthusiasm for this project. The Greater Lansing Google community grows
every day, but with two weeks to go before the deadline, we need your
help to take us through the home stretch.Please encourage everyone (friends, family, co-workers, clients, etc.)
to submit a Google nomination for “Greater Lansing.” For more
information and a link to the community nomination form, visit
www.GreaterLansing4Google.com.
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