More than 600 communities across the United States have expressed their interests to be the test sites of Google Inc.’s ultra high-speed broadband networks, the U.S. Internet company said on Friday.
Google announced in February that it plans to test broadband networks in one or more trial locations in the United States, claiming that the networks will deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans are using today.
The company has set March 26 as the deadline for local governments in the country to submit information on their interests to join the Google network trials and about existing facilities and resources in their communities.
Over 600 communities have responded by Friday morning, hours before the submission deadline, according to Google.
The enthusiasm by local governments to bring ultra high-speed broadband networks to their communities clearly showed that “people across the country are hungry for better and faster Internet access,” Google noted in a blog posting.
The company said it will announce target community or communities of the network trials by the end of the year.
