Matthew, I've been in touch with the Mayor's Office of IT, and they are submitting a response to the RFI. It's not so much a question of whether we qualify, but how much response we can get!
--Emil On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 23:39, <weinste...@aol.com> wrote: > Emil and all - > Our main City Council contact on the "Where Is Bmore FiOS" campaign tells me > that the City is aware of this and is actively exploring the RFI to see if > we qualify. Would obviously be a huge coup if we got it! > > -Matthew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Emil Volcheck <volch...@acm.org> > To: Charles Village Chat List <chat@charlesvillage.info> > Sent: Tue, Feb 23, 2010 10:56 pm > Subject: [Chat] Help bring Google's Gigabit fiber to Baltimore > > Hello, neighbors, > > Please check out the initiative to help Baltimore win > the privilege of being among the first locations chosen > for Google's Fiber for Communities initiative. Visit > > http://www.bmorefiber.com/ > > to learn more. The selection closes March 26th. > The more support we get the better, so please spread > the word. Google is choosing a few locations to roll > out highspeed (Gigabit per second, or 1000 Mbps) > optical fiber. Verizon is not serving Baltimore with > their fiber optical FiOS service, so let's hope Google > will give it to us first. Highspeed fiber in Baltimore will > be a powerful enhancement to the Internet infrastructure > that will enhance business opportunities, telecommuting, > and better Internet service for citizens. > > Thanks, > > --Emil > > > -- > Emil Volcheck > volch...@acm.org > http://EmilVolcheck.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Chat mailing list > Chat@charlesvillage.info > http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ > > _______________________________________________ > Chat mailing list > Chat@charlesvillage.info > http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ > -- Emil Volcheck volch...@acm.org http://EmilVolcheck.com/ _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/