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   :Lobo Santo (profile), Mar 2nd, 2010 @ 8:46am

   
   

   Heh

   Right there with ya bro, got everybody I can convince at ASU telling Google why it should be Tempe, AZ that gets fiber.

    

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   johnjac (profile), Mar 2nd, 2010 @ 8:51am

   
   

   Google Tatto

   The 1st mayor to get a google tatto wins.

    

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   Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased) (profile), Mar 2nd, 2010 @ 8:51am

   
   

   It is a contest

   Mike, it is a contest. If you go to the nomination site they suggest video submissions, like Survivor.

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Mar 2nd, 2010 @ 8:53am

   
   

   Why stop there when you could have a child known as google Masnick?!

    

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   Brandon, Mar 2nd, 2010 @ 9:07am

   
   

   Maybe I should suggest that here. The Indianapolis suburb I live in is trying to get Google to install that network here. They've sent out fliers and mailings telling people to go to some Google website and fill out a survey to help nominate and promote the town to Google.

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Mar 2nd, 2010 @ 9:40am

   
   

   I live 1hr away from Halfway Oregon..... I thought the name change was kinda funny.

    

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   DV Henkel-Wallace (profile), Mar 2nd, 2010 @ 9:43am

   
   

   Longstanding precedent

   Check out Truth or Consequences New Mexico. Or rather, just check it out online; I've been there and there's not much to write home about (apologies to all you Techdirt readers from T&C).

    

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   Danny, Mar 2nd, 2010 @ 9:45am

   
   

   Rename the sports teams

   All the schools should rename their team names to the Googles. It would be weird for the mascot (especially if they got the mascot to change his/her look every day like the way google changes its logo everyday) but it would be funny.

    

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   Google G. Google.com, Mar 2nd, 2010 @ 9:46am

   
   

   1 Gigabit Ethernet

   I would change my first or last name to google to get that.

    

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    Danny (profile), Mar 2nd, 2010 @ 9:48am

    
    

    Re: Rename the sports teams

    Perhaps all posters should change their name to Danny. :-)
    
    Rather than claim copyright or trademark on my name, I welcome the competition!

     

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    Danny, Mar 2nd, 2010 @ 9:55am

    
    

    Re: Re: Rename the sports teams

    Perhaps all posters should change their name to Danny. :-)
    
    Maybe if I were a mega corporation like Google it would be worth it for towns to suck up to me. But alas....

     

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    TriZz, Mar 2nd, 2010 @ 9:55am

    
    

    It's like the fat kid waving his arms and screaming "pick me! pick me!" before every dodgeball game. He always gets picked last...

     

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    Beta, Mar 2nd, 2010 @ 10:04am

    
    

    How is this different from nothing?

    And what's the penalty for refusing to go along with this joke? I imagine the telephone operators, postmasters, notaries public and 911 coordinators aren't paying much attention to it. I doubt that birth, death or marriage certificates will show it, or train schedules, or, well... anything except the legislative minutes and a few pieces of editorial fluff. And these legislators get paid how much per hour?

     

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    RobTheBold, Mar 2nd, 2010 @ 10:20am

    
    

    Center of Google Earth

    The center of Google Earth is only a few miles East of Topeka -- I mean Google -- Kansas.

     

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    Whisk33, Mar 2nd, 2010 @ 10:22am

    
    

    Don't you think something else would be better...
    maybe your development could be "Google Street Vista"
    Is what I did there...

     

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    Greevar (profile), Mar 2nd, 2010 @ 12:05pm

    
    

    Well now. Isn't this interesting? Somebody mentions offering 1 Gbit internet and every municipality is clamoring to get the honor. This just goes to show how much people really want something more than 1.5 Mbit internet service. Take note telecoms.

    "A 100 meg is just a dream," Qwest Communications International Inc Chief Executive Edward Mueller told Reuters. "We couldn't afford it."

    Then Japan and Korea must have magic internet fairies.

    "First, we don't think the customer wants that. Secondly, if (Google has) invented some technology, we'd love to partner with them," Mueller added.

    Translation: "We don't think people want it for the price we'll charge..."

    Source

     

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    William Robins, Mar 2nd, 2010 @ 9:14pm

    
    

    Topeka/Google/Rev Fred

    I've even heard that Fred Phelps is going to rename his compound Google against Gays in order to get fiber. Of course he has it all mixed up, thinking the fiber is for regularity.

     

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    Dementia (profile), Mar 3rd, 2010 @ 5:51am

    
    

    I would love to have access to even 1.5 megabit service. I wonder if there interested in putting it out here so even the cows can surf the web?

     

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