For all my Kansas City friends, I’m sure this is old news. If you’re not from around here (or if you’ve been living under a rock), life in KC is about to get a whole lot faster!
In 2010 more than 1,000 cities competed to become the future home of Google Fiber, a Google initiative to bring a gigabit connection to the homes, workplaces, and third places of a city- and Kansas City (Missouri and Kansas) won! Much activity has taken place in the KC community since last spring when the announcement was made, and in addition to experiencing the growing excitement, I’ve been fortunate enough to participate in a number of events. One of which was a daylong brainstorming session on how we can use a fiber connection. That session resulted in a guest blog post for the Social Media Club of Kansas City on how libraries might develop a need for that kind of speed. Hope you like it!
For more official info on Google Fiber, see Google’s blog – http://googlefiberblog.blogspot.com/
If you’re interested in what SMCKC is doing, see their Gigabit City blog – http://gigabitcity.smckc.com/
Jordan Fields 