Broadband Advocates Praise Google for Google Fiber Deployment Announcement
Broadband advocate statements praised Google's plan to deploy Google Fiber service to the Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, metropolitan areas (see 1501270053). “Fiber is on fire,” said Fiber to the Home Council North America's President Heather Burnett Gold.…
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“Communities must be planning/deploying gigabit infrastructure today in order to be part of the global economy tomorrow.” Google’s “enthusiasm and dedication in doing such demonstrates that communities across the country are willing to work to get high-speed Internet to their residents,” said the Coalition for Local Internet Choice. “We should encourage these efforts, not erect roadblocks to local choice.” Raleigh Chief Information and Community Relations Officer Gail Roper said deployment to Raleigh “is a foundation that will enable future generations to research, collaborate, and develop solutions beyond what we can imagine today.”