How Chico Can Provide Google a Unique Case Study

Our area is an urban center (Chico) with substantial ties to our more rural neighbors (Paradise, Oroville, Los Molinos, Biggs, Gridley, Willows). A deployment of the Google Fiber for Communities here would provide Google with data on how the network is utilized by users in rural areas. While this may not initially seem like a hotbed of innovation, not everyone who would benefit from and desire to purchase this technology should it go national, would live in a city. Google would be able to track usage and innovation trends in the outlaying areas nearby as well as in an urbanized, university town setting.

Make sure to fill out the interest form below.
http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi and


Check out these exciting links to learn more and get involved.
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_14475599


http://www.hs.facebook.com/group.php?gid=318921924168&ref=share


Thank you!

Friday, March 5, 2010

Google Fiber for Chico Community Forum

A community forum to provide information and hear public input for the development of the application for the Google Fiber Pilot Project is scheduled for Wednesday March 10, 2010, 4-6 pm. at Chico State's PAC 144. The facility is located adjacent to the BMU on the northside of Second and Chestnut Streets.

The event will be facilitated by Cathy Emerson from the Northern California Small Business Development Center. Ms. Emerson is the Director of the Northern California Broadband project.

If you cannot attend the meeting, please post your comments on www.chicofiber.net.
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4 comments:

  1. Lots of great discussion tonight. Some links for those of us playing catch up on the technology mention at the forum:
    IPv6 - http://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/
    Utopia Internet - An ISP project struggling to make fiber a reality in Utah, now responding to the RFI - UtopiaNet.org
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  2. I just filled out the form at http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi and was reminded how poor the options and customer support are in Chico. I documented a recent experience here:

    http://tumblr.chrismorris.net/post/286283457/at-t-a-necessary-evil

    Not sure if it could be useful. I am sure it is no different than many of your experiences.

    Good discussion yesterday. I agree with the the idea of really pushing how how this could work directly in line with Chico's sustainable, green, close knit community. Chico is the only place I have ever lived where I truly believe that people can and do mobilize quickly. Also, I think the application could be awesome if it had real residents names with real concrete examples. Something like "Stella, a fourth grader, has been waiting all month to go with her class to the new museum in town, but wouldn't you know she is sick on the day of the field trip. Fortunately, she can stay at home, get healthy and still be with her class virtually thanks to this new technology." Maybe not this exactly, but something along these lines feels more powerful than "kids could go to the museum virtually".

    I am glad this is all being pursued.
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  3. DO we have any comedians that can help?

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/13/al-franken-google-fiber-duluth_n_498045.html
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  4. Looking for updates to this idea? When will the review be processed?
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