Desperate cities beseech St. Google: bless us with thy fiber (Ars Technica)

3 March 2010, 7:54 pm

Forget "Topeka"—as of yesterday, Topeka, Kansas will be referred to as "Google, Kansas" for the month of March. Bizarre publicity stunt? Sure, but it's got nothing on the time in 1998 that Topeka became the US launch city for Pokemon games from Nintendo—and changed its name to "ToPikachu" (groan) for the day . At least this time, the city has a serious goal: get Google to bring in a 1Gbps fiber ...... Read More »

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