Pittsburgh, Seattle Announce Interest In Google's Fiber Trial

An anonymous reader contributes a link to a press release from the mayor of Pittsburgh that says the city has announced, along with Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and the University of Pittsburgh, that it intends to respond to Google's 1Gbps FTTH (Fiber to the Home) request for information. Seattle's mayor, too, wants in on the action, and more cities will surely pile on.

*raises hand*

[andytrevino]

Google, I too am interested in your fiber trial. Please consider my house in Wisconsin for fiber service.

Love,

Andy.

Re:Would you move to the winning city?

[Grimbleton]

What, not Pittsburgh?

Re:tax dollars for corporate capital expenditures

[Dr. Spork]

And guess what comes after that? Total zombification. That's right, the inevitable result of good internet access from Google and your astutely-prophecized inevitable tax writeoffs will be cuts in our regulatory systems that will introduce zombifying chemicals in ordinary tapwater, leaving entire cities of people clawing each other in search of brains to devour. Oh, if only we hadn't squandered that tax money! If only our mayors had been able to resist the lure of faster internet! This is the end!

Re:After Comcast,

[Khyber]

"Wait for Comcast to sue Google"

Ha! Hahahahahahaha!

Google would bury Comcast with their entire team of Ph.D lawyers, whereas Comcast's vast majority barely have their Master's.

Thanks for the laugh!