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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: The Council President, Councilmembers Clarke and Henry
At the request of: The Administration
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL concerning
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Google Fiber for Communities for Baltimore
FOR the purpose of supporting Baltimore’s proposal to serve as a trial location for the Google Fiber for Communities program, encouraging Google to invest in ultra high speed internet in Baltimore, and inviting Google to learn more about the many ways that Baltimore and Google could work together to ensure the success of the Google Fiber for Communities experiment.
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In February Google announced that it would begin accepting responses from communities across the United States interested in taking part in its “Google Fiber for Communities” initiative. Through this program, Google plans to create and test ultra-high speed broadband networks that will provide internet connection speeds of over 1 gigabit per second. In an effort to encourage the evolution of the internet throughout the U.S., these networks will be made available to 50,000 to 500,000 people in selected communities and will offer speeds more than 100 times faster than what is generally available today in North America.
Selecting Baltimore would build on the City’s long legacy of technological advancements and transformational innovation. The prospect of access to the internet at these speeds would reaffirm Baltimore’s ...
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