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- Fast Company - Cities Go Gaga for Google Fiber With Glowsticks! Flashmobs! Twistee Treats! An Icy Lake Jump!
Google's announcement that it was contemplating a move into the ISP business with an ultra-high speed fiber network has sparked a municipal cage match. No one knows exactly how much Google plans to invest, but its reputation as cash giant alone has cities from Anchorage, Alaska, to Sarasota, Florida battling to become the search giant's new test market.
[read more] - aimClear Blog - Dear Google Fiber, Why We Covet Duluth-Part 1
Google Fiber, so you’re considering a move to Duluth…? Join the club. In 1982 I first came to visit. Then after a decade-long love affair with the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) to the North, I finally made it here in 95’ and never left. Our office to this day is in famed Canal Park. Many of us here have similar stories of falling in love with Duluth and moving here.
[read more] - Associated Press - Google dangles ultrafast broadband and cities leap
Wearing just a T-shirt and shorts, Mayor Don Ness strolled to the end of a dock jutting into frigid Lake Superior. He grinned, waved his arms to a cheering crowd, and jumped in.
[read more] - The Christian Science Monitor - Duluth one-ups Google, Kansas, in bid for super-fast Internet
Topeka, Kansas, may have renamed itself Google in a bid to convince the eponymous Internet giant to bring its super-fast, fiber optic broadband network there, but that’s nothing compared to what they’re doing in Duluth.
[read more] - Google - Google's Green Initiatives
We're committed to helping to build a clean energy future. As our business grows, we want to make sure we minimize our impact on the Earth's climate. So we’re taking every step we can to implement innovative and responsible environmental practices across our company to reduce our carbon footprint, ensure efficient computing and help our employees be green.
[read more] - BUZZ Duluth - The Google-Twin Ports FAQ
Let's take a break from all things AFSCME and talk about Google. I've had a few questions about the entire "bring fiber to Duluth" process and so was put in touch with Christopher Swanson, the CEO of PureDriven, a Two Harbors-based Web traffic building company, and who is also the project manager for bringing Google to Duluth, and was willing to walk me through some of my queries.
[read more] - Superior Journal - Google Twin Ports Initiative
Google Twin Ports is a community-wide initiative led by the mayors of both Duluth and Superior, aimed at becoming one of a handful of locations in the United States for Google to build an ultra-high speed broadband network.
[read more] - BusinessNorth Exclusives - IT perseveres despite recession
Since mid-2008, many businesses and industries have been shedding employees, but that’s not the case in the information technology sector. In fact, the IT industry is adding jobs in the region.
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Local Media Links
Northland's NewsCenter
http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/85869737.html
http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/85725502.html
http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/84743477.html
http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/84273707.html
WDIO
http://www.wdio.com/article/stories/s1424341.shtml
http://www.wdio.com/article/stories/S1415319.shtml?cat=10335
Fox 21
http://www.fox21online.com/news/city-duluth-wants-team-google
Duluth News Tribune
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/pages/buzz
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/161553/publisher_ID/36/
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http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/161554/publisher_ID/36/
https://secure.forumcomm.com/?publisher_ID=36&article_id=160273
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Perfect Duluth Day
http://www.perfectduluthday.com/2010/02/11/gigabyte-broadband-from-google-in-duluth/
http://www.perfectduluthday.com/2010/02/10/google-fiber-lets-bring-it-to-duluth/
Minnesota Public Radio
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/02/25/duluth-google/
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/02/15/duluth-google/