Keep Broadband Options Open, Google Fiber's Medin Tells Local Officials

摘要

Google Fiber sees a future profit, but many options should be on the table for local officials, ancompany executive told community stakeholders last week. The Fiber to the Home Council Americas attractednmore than 400 people to its meeting on advanced broadband networks in Kansas City, Mo., it saidn(http://bit.ly/13qTP8o). The council emphasized ways municipalities can welcome such advanced networknservices and how its behavior can influence that timeline, a process highlighted in the council’s communityntoolkit (CD Jan 25 p9). Google is pioneering one of the many options for faster broadband thatnstakeholders discussed at that meeting, with an emphasis on the role of municipalities.