Here's an idea for gigabit Internet in Austin!
Highspeed Downtown
With a recent building boom in downtown, many buildings are wired with fiber optics. This means that it will be easy for google to build the network and connect to these high profile buildings. (W hotel, Four Seasons, 360, Spring,, etc) Austonian, Frost Tower, etc)
With downtown being the entertainment and cultural center of the city, it would be easy to get the fiber optic network up and running in that space.
With increased internet speeds who knows what our creative community could do. A rock show with a guitar player in china live streaming his performance?
Art created in real time with input from the internet?
Its hard to say what this city will do with the opportunity, but being a creative city and one that embraces technology the results should be stunning.
Posted: March 9, 2010: 6:37 PM