Friday, February 12, 2010

Seattle applying for Google broadband project

Seattle applying for Google broadband project
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Seattle Times (blog)
Seattle has also extensively deployed technology in public safety -
computers in every police and fire vehicle, video cameras in every
patrol vehicle and ...

...government itself has many assets which could be used to partner with
Google in this network, thereby reducing Google's costs and allowing the
new network to reach more people. The city owns or co-owns 100,000 poles
on which to construct the network. City-owned electric and water
utilities could use the network for energy management, smart grid and
other innovative uses. Seattle has also extensively deployed technology
in public safety - computers in every police and fire vehicle, video
cameras in every patrol vehicle and laptops for every police officer.
This current deployment of technology could spur innovative public
safety uses of a fiber network in the future.

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