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Google Fiber Delays Broadband Award To 2011

Posted by timothy on from the hold-your-horses dept.

coondoggie writes "The response to the invitation to become a test market for Google's planned high-speed broadband network has been overwhelming, so much so the company today said it would delay awarding the system until 2011. According to a post in its website, Google said 1,100 communities and 194,000 individuals responded to its proposal. Google had hoped to award the test program this month."

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  1. The Google way... by metrometro · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Remember that time Google promised to hand out 10 million dollars, based on poorly conceptualized public participation, and then ran the participation part of it, got huge press for it, and then, SO SORRY! didn't follow through at all?

    That was, gosh, exactly like this.

    I call bullshit on this and all future Google projects that involve a charitable act and massive public input. They get the good press, and then, SO SORRY, they hope everyone forgets about it.