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Next Time You Think Americans Don’t Want Faster, Better Broadband… Read This

Broadband providers with a vested interest in keeping the marketplace a comfortable (for them) duopoly want you to believe everything is great in American broadband.  They would have you believe there is little room for improvement, despite the ongoing drop in America’s global broadband rankings and the ever-increasing price for the service.

Google’s announcement this spring that it was looking for a few great communities to provide 1 gigabit broadband service at competitive rates caused a firestorm… of interest.  Over 1,100 communities have applied for the service and more than 200,000 consumers have nominated their towns and cities for Google Broadband.  Apparently there is plenty of room for improvement after all — from coast to coast and in every state.

The small dots refer to local government applications for the service, the large dots indicate places where more than 1,000 individuals nominated their community.

Communities Applying for Google’s Think Big With a Gig Project

(AK) Alaska

Anchorage
Fairbanks
Juneau
Seward

(AL) Alabama

Auburn
Birmingham
Calhoun County
Fairhope
Heflin
Hoover
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Pelham
State of Alabama

(AR) Arkansas

El Dorado
Fayetteville
Fort Smith
Hot Springs
Independence County
Mountain View
North Little Rock
Searcy
Siloam Springs

(AZ) Arizona

Bisbee
Flagstaff
Fountain Hills
Gilbert
Goodyear
Maricopa
Mesa
Oro Valley
Payson
Queen Creek
Salt River
Scottsdale
Sun West
Tempe
Tucson
Wickenburg

(CA) California

Alameda
Alhambra
Anaheim
Baldwin Park
Belvedere
Benicia
Berkeley
Beverly Hills
Brentwood
Burbank
Burlingame
Calabasas
Carlsbad
Chico
Chula Vista
Clovis
Coachella Valley
Colma
Compton
Contra Costa County
Corona
Costa Mesa
County of Lake
County of Mendocino
County of Merced
County of Sacramento
County of Tuolumne
Culver
Cupertino
Davis
East Palo Alto
El Segundo
Elk Grove
Encinitas
Fillmore
Folsom
Fontana
Fresno
Fullerton
Gardena
Gilroy
Glendale
Glendora
Grover Beach
Hacienda-La Puente
Hayward
Hesperia
Hidden Hills
Hillsborough
Hollister
Industry
Irvine
Laguna Woods
Lodi
Loma Linda
Long Beach
Los Altos
Los Angeles
Los Gatos
Lynwood
Milpitas
Mission Viejo
Modesto
Monterey Bay
Morgan Hill
Mountain House
Mountain View
Murrieta
Napa
Nevada County
Newport Beach
Oakland
Pacifica
Palo Alto
Pasadena
Petaluma
Pleasanton
Poway
Rancho Cordova
Rancho Cucamonga
Red Bluff
Redding
Redwood
Richmond
Riverside
Rohnert Park
Roseville
Sacramento
Salinas
San Bruno
San Carlos
San Francisco
San Jose
San Luis Obispo
San Marcos
San Marino
San Mateo
San Pablo
San Rafael
San Ramon
Santa Barbara
Santa Clara
Santa Clarita
Santa Cruz
Santa Maria
Santa Monica
Santa Rosa
Saratoga
Sea Ranch
Sonoma
South San Francisco
Stanislaus County
Stockton
Sunland-Tujunga
Sunnyvale
Temecula
Thousand Oaks
Torrance
Trinity County
Truckee
Turlock
Ukiah
Vallejo
Ventura
Victorville
Wasco
Watsonville
West Sacramento
Westlake Village
Woodland

(CO) Colorado

Arvada
Aspen
Aurora
Basalt
Boulder
Castle Rock
Centennial
Colorado Springs
Cortez
Eagle
Erie
Fort Collins
Glenwood Springs
Greeley
Highlands Ranch
Littleton and Centennial
Lone Tree
Longmont
Louisville
Mancos
Mead
Parker
South Fork
Superior
Telluride
Thornton
Woodland Park

(CT) Connecticut

Avon
Branford
Bridgeport
Bristol
Kent
Manchester
New Haven
Norwich
Stafford
Torrington
West Hartford
Westport
Windham

(DC) District of Columbia

District of Columbia

(FL) Florida

Bartow
Boca Raton
Bradenton
Cape Coral Council
Celebration
Charlotte County
Coral Gables
Cutler Bay
Daytona Beach
Delray Beach
Deltona
Doral
Dunedin
Fort Myers
Gainesville
Hernando County
Highland Beach
Hollywood
Indian Rocks Beach
Jacksonville
Key West
Kissimmee
Lake Florida
Lake Wales
Lakeland
Lee County
Leesburg
Longboat Key
Maitland
Marion County
Martin County
Melbourne
Miami
Miami Beach
Monroe County
North Miami
North Miami Beach
North Port
Oak Hill
Ocala
Orlando
Palm Bay
Palm Coast
Parkland
Pinellas County
Port Orange
Riviera Beach
Sanibel
Sarasota
Sarasota County
Seminole County
South Daytona
South Miami
St. Petersburg
Sunrise
Tallahassee
Titusville
University of Central Florida
Village of Key Biscayne
Wilton Manors

(GA) Georgia

Alpharetta
Athens Clarke County
Atlanta
Augusta
Avondale Estates
Bleckley County
Centerville
Cherokee County
Cobb County
Columbus
Decatur
DeKalb County
Duluth
Dunwoody
Fayette County
Henry County
Houston County
Johns Creek
Kennesaw
LaGrange
Macon
Paulding County
Perry
Robins Air Force Base
Savannah
Smyrna
Suwanee
Union
Vidalia
Warner Robins
Waycross

(HI) Hawaii

County of Hawaii
County of Honolulu
County of Kauai
County of Maui
State of Hawaii

(IA) Iowa

Ames
Ankeny
Bellevue
Bettendorf
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Fairfield
Indianola
Iowa
Marshall County
Mason
Muscatine
Pella
Sioux
Waterloo
Waukee
West Des Moines

(ID) Idaho

Ammon
Boise
Jerome
Ketchum
Meridian
Middleton
Pocatello
Twin Falls

(IL) Illinois

Aurora
Carbondale
Carpentersville
Chicago
County of McHenry
Crystal Lake
Decatur
Des Plaines
Elgin
Elk Grove Village
Elmhurst
Evanston
Galesburg
Geneva
Harvard
Highland Park
Jo Daviess County
Joliet
Lake Villa
Lake Villa Township
Lisle
Mayor Eric Kellogg
McHenry
Mount Prospect
Naperville
Oglesby
Peoria
Princeton
Quincy
Rochelle
Rockford
South Lake
St Charles
St. Charles and Genevalinois
Taylorville
Urbana Champaign
Village of Algonquin
Village of Bensenville
Village of Bolingbrook
Village of Bradley
Village of Buffalo Grove
Village of Chatham
Village of Cobden
Village of Hinsdale
Village of Hoffman Estates
Village of Manhattan
Village Of Milford
Village of North Aurora
Village of Oak Brook
Village of Oak Lawn
Village of Oswego
Village Of Palatine
Village of Pingree Grove
Village of Schaumburg
Village of Villa Park
Village of West Dundee
Village of Wilmette
Warrenville
Waukegan
West Central
Woodstock

(IN) Indiana

Anderson
Bloomington
Carmel and Westfield
Chesterton
Columbus
Elkhart County
Fishers
Fort Wayne
Goshen
Hobart
Jackson County Council
La Porte County
LaPorte
Muncie
Noblesville
Plainfield
Richmond
South Bend, Mishawaka and St. Joseph County
Tippecanoe County
Westfield

(KS) Kansas

Arma
Baldwin
Bird
Chanute
Coffeyville
Enterprise
Fort Scott
Galena
Lawrence
Leawood
Lenexa
Lindsborg
Manhattan
Mission
Olathe
Overland Park
Pittsburg
Salina
Shawnee County
Topeka
Wichita
Wyandotte County

(KY) Kentucky

Berea
Bowling Green
Glasgow
Jeffersontown
Lexington Fayette
Louisville Jefferson
Owensboro
Russellville

(LA) Louisiana

Baton Rouge
Bossier
Lafayette
New Orleans
Oak Grove
Ouachita
Shreveport
St Tammany
Tippecanoe County

(MA) Massachusetts

Amherst
Boston
Brookline
Buckland & Shelburne
Cambridge
Chicopee
Concord
Dedham
Easthampton
Essex
Fitchburg
Holyoke
Hubbardston
Lexington
Lowell
Medford
Newburyport
Newton
Norwood
Princeton
Quincy
Salem
Shrewsbury
Somerville
Springfield
Stow
West Boylston
Westborough
Western Mass
Westfield
Weston
Worcester

(MD) Maryland

Baltimore
Bowie
Charles County
College Park
Gaithersburg
Garrett County
Harford County
La Plata
Montgomery County
Oxford
Piney Orchard
Poolesville
Prince George’s County
Rock Hall
Rockville
St. Mary’s County
Sykesville
The Frederick

(ME) Maine

Androscoggin Valley
Augusta
Blue Hill
Hope
Old Town
Portland
Saco
Turner

(MI) Michigan

Ann Arbor
Bay
Bay County
Birmingham
Bloomfield
Boyne
Canton
Charlevoix
Charter Township of Ypsilanti
Coldwater
County of Cheboygan
County of Monroe
Dearborn
Detroit
Genesee County
Grand Rapids
Greater Lansing
Grosse Pointe Community
Holland
Lake Isabella
Lapeer
Lapeer County
Madison Heights
Metro Kalamazoo
Midland County
Muskegon
Pittsfield
Portage
Rochester
Royal Oak
Sault Ste Marie
Scottville
Tecumseh
Troy
Village of Franklin
Village of Hillman
Warren
West Branch
Wyandotte

(MN) Minnesota

Apple Valley
Austin
Burnsville
Dakota County
Duluth
Eagan
Eden Prairie
Falcon Heights
Golden Valley
La Crescent
Lake Minnetonka
Lakeville
Maple Lake
Maplewood
Monticello
North St. Paul
Northfield
Rochester
Saint Paul
Scott County
St. Charles
St. Louis Park
Wells
Winthrop

(MO) Missouri

Ashland
Camden County
Canton
Cape Girardeau
Carl Junction
Carthage
Chesterfield
Cities of Nixa & Ozark
Columbia
Columbia
Creve Coeur
Ferguson
Fulton
Hannibal
Independence
Joplin
Kansas
Kirksville
Lake Saint Louis
Lamar
Lee’s Summit
Liberal
Liberty
North Kansas
O’Fallon
Plattsburg
Raymore
Republic
Richmond Heights
Saint Charles
Springfield
St. Louis
Unionville
Washington
Webb
Wentzville
Wildwood

(MS) Mississippi

Clinton
Harrison
Hattiesburg
Moss Point
Oxford
Ridgeland
Starkville

(MT) Montana

Beaverhead
Bozeman
Butte-Silver Bow Local
Missoula
Veterans Upward Bound

(NC) North Carolina

Apex
Asheville
Burke County
Cary
Chapel Hill and Carrboro
Concord
County of Stanly
Durham
Gastonia & Gaston County
Greensboro
Greenville
Harrisburg
Holly Springs
Huntersville
Leland
Lenoir
Lenoir, Hickory, Newton, Conover
Lenoir/Hickory, Caldwell and Catawba Counties
MidLand
Mooresville, Davidson, Cornelius
Morrisville
Orange County
Pittsboro
Raleigh
Robeson County
Rocky Mount
Rutherford County
Salisbury
Sanford
Southport
Union County
Waynesville
Wesley Chapel
Wilmington
Winston-Salem
Woodfin Board

(ND) North Dakota

Fargo

(NE) Nebraska

Hasings
Holdrege
Humphrey
Lincoln
Norfolk
North Platte
Omaha
Papillion
Sidney
Wayne

(NH) New Hampshire

Bedford
Claremont
Keene
Landaff
Mason
Portsmouth
Rindge
Select Board

(NJ) New Jersey

Atlantic Highlands
Bayonne
Brigantine
Chatham
Highland Park
Hoboken
Hopewell
Jersey City
Lawrence
Long Branch
Montclair
Moorestown & Mount Laurel
Morris
Newton
Princeton
Township of Franklin
Vineland
Wayne

(NM) New Mexico

Alamogordo
Albuquerque
Carlsbad
County of Los Alamos
Farmington
Hagerman
Las Cruces
Santa Fe
Socorro
Village of Corrales

(NV) Nevada

Henderson
Las Vegas
Municipality of Carson
Reno, Sparks, Washoe County
Washoe County

(NY) New York

Bergen
Bethlehem
Brookhaven
Broome County
Buffalo
Clarkstown
Clifton Park
Colonie
Corning
County of Ulster
DeWitt
Hornell
Hudson Square
Jamestown
Monroe County
New York
Niagara County
Oneida County
Ontario County
Orleans County
Rensselaer County
Salem
Saratoga County
Seneca Nation
Spafford
Suffolk County
Syracuse
Tompkins County
Tri-Lakes
Troy
Village of Greenwich
Wayne County
Westchester

(OH) Ohio

Blue Ash
Butler County
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Cleveland Heights
Clinton Township
Columbus
Delaware
Dover
Dublin
Englewood
Gahanna
Galion
Hamilton
Hilliard
Hudson
Lake County
Lakewood
Lima
Mansfield
Mayfield Village
Medina County
Middletown
Milan
Monroe
Shaker Heights
Solon
Technology First
Tipp
Toledo
Upper Arlington
Van Wert County
Village of Granville
Village of New Albany
Wellington
Westerville
Youngstown

(OK) Oklahoma

Bethany
Claremore
Duncan
Edmond
Miamiahoma
Normanahoma
Oklahoma
Okmulgee
Owassoahoma
Ponca
Pryor
Pryor Creek
Sapulpa
Stillwaterahoma
Tulsa
Woodward

(OR) Oregon

Ashland and Rogue Valley
Bandon
Coburg
Cottage Grove
Creswell
Eugene
Gresham
Hood River
Oakridge
Pendleton
Portland
Springfield
Sunriver
The Dalles
Willamette Valley

(PA) Pennsylvania

Abington Township
Allegheny
Allentown
Bethlehem
Bloomsburg
Borough of State College
County of Chester
County of Fulton
County of Northampton
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Hermitage
Lancaster
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Markleysburg
Mt. Lebanon Municipality
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Somerset County
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Upper Dublin Township
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Williamsport
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Charleston
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Moncks Corner Berkeley County
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Sioux Falls
Yankton

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Anna
Cleveland
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Germantown
Hancock County
Johnson
Knoxville
Lewisburg
Memphis
Murfreesboro
Nashville and Davidson County
Nolensville
Oak Ridge
Paris-Henry County
Pulaski
Spring Hill

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Abilene
Alamo Heights
Allen
Austin
Bastrop
Bedford
Bellaire
Brownfield
Cedar Park
Celina
Central Texas
Clear Lake Shores
College Station
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El Paso
Fairview
Frisco
Harlingen
Highland Park
Houston
Hunters Creek Village
Kennedale
Killeen
Lakeway
Longview
McAllen
McKinney
Mesquite
Midlothian
Missouri City
Nacogdoches
North Richland Hills
Pearland
Pflugerville
Plano
Richardson
Round Rock
Rowlett
San Antonio
San Marcos
Southlake
Southside Place
Sugar Land
Temple
The Woodlands Township
Tyler
University of Texas, Austin
University Park
West University Place
Wolfforth

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Moab
Murray
Orem
Park City
Payson
Perry
Salt Lake
Salt Lake County
Sandy
Tremonton
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Alexandria
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Blacksburg
Bristol
Bull Run Mountain
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Culpeper
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Fairfax County
Falls Church
Fluvanna County
Franklin County
Goochland County
Hampton
Hanover County
Harrisonburg
Lenowisco
Loudoun County
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Norfolk
Portsmouth
Prince William County
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Richmond Virginia
Roanoke
Rockbridge County Virginia
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Spotsylvania County
Staunton
Suffolk
The Colonial Heights
Virginia Beach
Williamsburg
Winchester

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State of Vermont
Thetford
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Bellingham
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Cheney
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Edmonds
Enumclaw
Grant
Kennewick
Kirkland
Kitsap
Kittitas County
Liberty Lake
Longview
Makah Tribal Council
Mercer Island
Palouse
Port Angeles
Port Townsend
Pullman
Rainier
Richland
Salmon
San Juan County
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Shoreline
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Stevenson
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Tacoma
Valley Cities
Vancouver
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Monroe
Mount Pleasant
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Pleasant Prairie
Reedsburg
Salem Kenosha
Slinger
St. Joseph
Superior
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Wateloo
Waukesha
Wauwatosa
West Allis
Winnebago County

(WV) West Virginia

Charleston
Huntington
Hurricane
Leon
Mineral County
Morgantown
Philippi
Princeton

(WY) Wyoming

Laramie
Rawlins

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Tim
Tim
13 years ago

Google proved, by just proposing the idea, that people DO want faster speeds and it threw the industry argument, “Most users don’t want faster speeds or won’t use it…”, out the window.

The Cable and Tele co’s, want to sit on their infrastructure and do nothing while raking in profits. It cuts into their profit margin if they invest in their infrastructure and it also means that they won’t reap short term profits.

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