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Re:Huntsville, AL Is Serious About Google Fiber by harshpotatoes on Monday March 15, 2010 @11:14PM (#1194841)
I dunno. I still think Google, Kansas is the ballsiest move yet.

I hope the city that does get Google fiber actually manages to make good use of it and develop some friggin brilliant ideas. All I can think of are gaming ideas...

Re:Huntsville, AL Is Serious About Google Fiber by chipsy on Monday March 15, 2010 @10:15PM (#1194732)
Not a huge surprise. Huntsville is actually a fairly technically-minded city, with both NASA and DoD contractors.
Re:Huntsville, AL Is Serious About Google Fiber by mattezell on Monday March 15, 2010 @11:05PM (#1194826)
Agreed. I live in Birmingham, AL and there are far more 'tech job' listings for Huntsville than is the case in Birmingham - despite Birmingham being exponentially larger than Huntsville.
Re:Huntsville, AL Is Serious About Google Fiber by waterlesscloud on Monday March 15, 2010 @11:21PM (#1194853)
Yeah, Huntsville would make a lot of sense, actually. Very highly educated population with good income, but relatively remote from any major city.

Los Alamos would make a similar sort of sense.

Re:Huntsville, AL Is Serious About Google Fiber by detst on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @01:42AM (#1195121)
Would be nice to see Ann Arbor get it. There is support from the city and the University of Michigan.

Maybe Larry Page could influence this decision and give back to the state and university where he started.

I think it would be good choice for Google and something positive for the area.

Re:Huntsville, AL Is Serious About Google Fiber by tptacek on Monday March 15, 2010 @10:15PM (#1194734)
This whole Google Fiber thing is looking more and more like absolutely genius marketing.
Re:Huntsville, AL Is Serious About Google Fiber by ramidarigaz on Monday March 15, 2010 @11:05PM (#1194827)
Boulder, CO (my hometown) is apparently making a big push for it as well.
Re:Huntsville, AL Is Serious About Google Fiber by zacharypinter on Monday March 15, 2010 @11:47PM (#1194891)
Ooh. I'd be tempted to move from Denver to Boulder for Fiber Internet.
Re:Huntsville, AL Is Serious About Google Fiber by mattblalock on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @04:10AM (#1195277)
Both Winston-Salem and Greensboro NC are going for it. Google already has a facility in the area (a major data center, I believe) and Apple is building a major data center near by.
Re:Huntsville, AL Is Serious About Google Fiber by npatrick04 on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @12:09AM (#1194943)
This would be awesome...although I wonder how far out the fiber would go since I actually live in Limestone County.
Re:Huntsville, AL Is Serious About Google Fiber by aditya on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @12:19AM (#1194970)
Re:Huntsville, AL Is Serious About Google Fiber by oomkiller on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @12:51AM (#1195039)
AHH YES! Maybe they will bring it to Athens too!