Southside, Durham, NC

Durham Wants Google
A gathering at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park yesterday was a message to Google … a message in a ballpark. The crowd gathered specifically to spell out “Google” on the field in an effort to demonstrate Durham’s community engagement in the pursuit of the fiber optic network Google intends to build. Google, creator of the world’s most-used internet search tool and dozens of other internet-based productivity tools, is looking for a community of between 50,000 and 500,000 citizens into which they can come and install a fiber optic network free of charge to every home. This network would be capable of delivering speeds up to 1 gigabit per second, or roughly 700 times faster than the typical home broadband connection. To voice your support for this community effort, visit hifiberdurham.com and click on the “Nominate Durham” button. Nominations are due by March 26.