Clark Mackey
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I read a very interesting article about connection speeds across the globe yesterday. I believe that the faster the speeds, the more we enable innovation, learning and the economy. South Korea is certainly ahead in the race right now. This is worth a read for anyone that is interested in how the United States stacks up.
http://royal.pingdom.com/2010/11/12/real-connection-speeds-for-internet-users-across-the-world
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You can read the full post on Google’s blog here.
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Here is another response video from the city of Asheville. I love to see these keep pouring in. We can always keep adding to the YouTube group at http://youtube.com/group/googleavl.
Filed under: google fiber | Tags: andie macdowell, asheville, google, google fiber, googleavl
Andie MacDowell submitted her nomination form for Asheville today on the Google Fiber Initiative. She included this video with the submission. Have you done yours yet?! You have a few more hours. Even if you don’t have a video, please go and fill out the form!
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While you all have been busy filling out the community response individually, the city has also been hard at work for the municipal response. This video seeks to capture essence of Asheville’s independent spirit while conveying the vital information Google needs to know about our Technology assets and creative ability to innovate applications. This video will accompany the municipal response from the City of Asheville to Google. A big thank you goes out to Ben Teague of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce and Casablanca Digital Media for putting this together.
A huge thanks to Andie MacDowell for this video and support of Asheville’s Google Fiber Initiative. Please make sure to fill out the form by clicking the “Nominate Asheville” button on this site before Friday evening!
Filed under: google fiber, Reasons for Asheville | Tags: fighting cancer with google fiber, google fiber asheville, google fiber medical uses, medical bandwidth
A new video has been posted by a doctor here in Asheville, Quinten Black, talking about how Google could help Asheville provide better cancer care. This is a great piece showing some of the benefits from the strong medical community here in Asheville. Superb artwork by Brennan McElhaney to make this a very clean message.
Filed under: google fiber, Reasons for Asheville | Tags: asheville, congress, google fiber, shuler
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515-3311
Dear Google Representatives,
It has never been more true, than it is today, that data is where rubber meets the road in today’s economy. No one understands this better than Google. As this data giant in the technology world embarks on an ambitious experiment to test ultra-high speed networks in selected trial locations across the country I wanted to share a few thoughts on why I believe Asheville, NC would be an excellent municipality to use as a test location.
We are a fast paced community in the most beautiful region in the entire country. Asheville and the surrounding area continues to attract the best and brightest from across the world to live here, vacation here and to live out their retirement dreams. If Asheville were to be awarded this initiative we could share with the rest of the nation the innovation that takes place here daily.
The Asheville area is home to a number of excellent colleges and universities churning out bright, talented students, who we would like to employ within the area from graduation through their prime earning years. Asheville is also home ot the National Climatic Data Center, which houses the world’s largest repository of climate data. The ability to deliver this data all over the world using Google’s technology would not just benefit Western North Carolina but the world as we continue to struggle globally with climate issues.
Asheville has the entrepreneurs, innovators, data and foundation to rapidly deploy and test Google’s desire to learn what we can innovate using gigabit speeds to the home. For these reasons, as well as many others, I am asking Google to consider Asheville and Western North Carolina for this initiative. Our communities are ready to work with you to foster this innovation quickly.
If I can be of any further assistance to you or provide you with additional information on the Western North Carolina community, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Heath Shuler
MEMBER OF CONGRESS
11th District, North Carolina
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Are you a filmmaker? Professional or amateur – it doesn’t matter. All are welcome!
We need to show all the great things about Asheville and we need all filmmakers help to do it. A viewing of all the films will be held and the best will be chosen. The time and place of the viewing is TBD. So if you want to participate, then start making your plans. We will discuss the film festival at the Town Hall Meeting on Thursday March 18, 2010 at 6 pm at the Civic Center Ballroom. Come one, come all!
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AdvantageWest and Meet The Geeks released a video last year that speaks to some of the technology innovation in Western North Carolina. It just goes to show that Asheville has been ready and thinking about the future of this region, moving technology and innovation forward.
