City of Bozeman touts Google bid on Web site
Posted: Mar 10, 2010 9:17 AM
Updated: Mar 11, 2010 8:14 AM
The City of Bozeman has taken its bid to be a test city for Google's ultra high-speed Internet online.
The City announced in a press release Wednesday that it added information related to the Google Fiber for Communities project to its Web site. The information includes a link for people to nominate Bozeman to be a test site. Click here to go to the City of Bozeman's Web site.
Bozeman announced last week that it was joining a list of cities around the country opting for the opportunity to be a guinea pig for Google's experimental launch of an ultra-high speed broadband network. The project's goal is to make Internet access better and faster. The networks would offer fiber-to-the-home connections, delivering Internet speeds over one gigabit per second.
At a press conference Friday, the City of Bozeman, the Bozeman Chamber of Commerce and Prospera Business Network announced they applied to be one of Google's test cities. They said it is now up to the community to go online and work to convince Google why they should come to Bozeman.
Several cities have used various tactics to catch Google's attention, including renaming the city Topeka to Google, Kansas. At last week's press conference, Bozeman Chamber President Darryl Schliem said Bozeman is such a great location for Google, that such tactics aren't necessary here.
"I don't think we have to go to that far. What we have to offer, I feel, is a business setting that matches what Google is looking to do with their broadband," he said.
