Search giant Google announced today that more than 600 cities across America have applied to be test sites for the company's fiber-optic high-speed internet plan, and the deadline for such applications is rapidly approaching.
Search giant Google announced today that more than 600 cities across America have applied to be test sites for the company's fiber-optic high-speed internet plan, and the deadline for such applications is rapidly approaching.
Product manager James Kelly wrote in a post on the company blog that "we're thrilled to see this kind of excitement, and we want to humbly thank each and every community and individual for taking the time to participate. This enthusiasm is much bigger than Google and our experimental network. If one message has come through loud and clear, it's this: (P)eople across the country are hungry for better and faster internet access."
Experts say that the type of fiber-optic connection that Google's test will provide is orders of magnitude faster than standard commercial broadband connection, and this PC performance improvement should make a number of new internet uses possible.
Hospitals, for example, could use the increased bandwidth to remotely transmit real-time scan data from MRIs and CAT scans, enabling distant doctors to diagnose patients in far-flung areas.
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