{"id":6579,"date":"2010-03-18T16:40:16","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T20:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=6579"},"modified":"2010-03-18T16:40:16","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T20:40:16","slug":"danville-takes-a-shot-at-googles-fiber-for-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/18\/danville-takes-a-shot-at-googles-fiber-for-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Danville takes a shot at Google&#8217;s &#8220;Fiber for Communities&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Tuesday&#8217;s Danville City Council meeting, Councilman David Luther talked about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/appserve\/fiberrfi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google&#8217;s Fiber for Communities<\/a> program and how Danville should put an application in for it. The ball&#8217;s already rolling.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Today, City Manager Joe King said that Jason Grey (who heads up the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ndanville.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">nDanville<\/a> fiber-optic project) had already registered Danville through the application process. King said that since Danville is already working on an &#8220;open-access&#8221; system, this should be of interest to Google. King also stated that &#8220;Coincidentally, the internet speeds envisioned exactly are exactly what we\u2019re now providing on nDanville.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If a community gets selected for this program, the benefits will be amazing&#8230; not just for business users but also for residential customers. <\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be closely following this race for Google&#8217;s approval.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Tuesday&#8217;s Danville City Council meeting, Councilman David Luther talked about Google&#8217;s Fiber for Communities program and how Danville should put an application in for it. 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