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Google recently announced a plan to establish a fiber network in one or more trial locations across the country. Google’s intent is to “deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today, over 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections.” Google is accepting responses from interested municipalities through a “Request for Information” (RFI) process, with a deadline for responses of March 26.
The City of Burlington is preparing an RFI to respond to Google and is looking for input and feedback from residents, businesses and other organizations. More information about the Google effort can be found here.
Letter of support from Mayor Kiss.
There is a community-based effort to support the City's application which you can read about here.
Feedback to the City can be provided in any number of ways:
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Attending a public meeting on March 4, from 6:30 to 8 pm, at Contois Auditorium, City Hall; and/or
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Calling the Mayor's Office at 865-7272.
Read feedback from the March 4 public meeting here.
Want to support Burlington's application?
Letter of support for Burlington's application from the Vermont Telecommunications Authority
Resolution from the City Council in Support of Google RFI