JERSEY CITY — Jersey City Councilman Steven Fulop is encouraging local residents to fill out an application to make Jersey City a trial city for Google’s new ultra-high-speed broadband network initiative.
Google recently announced a trial program to build and test ultra-high-speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the United States. Such a network would deliver Internet speeds of 1 gigabit per second.
Fulop thinks Jersey City would be an ideal location.
“Jersey City can’t pass up the chance to submit a strong application for the program,” said Fulop in an e-mail. “We fit Google’s target population profile (50,000 to 500,000), we are among the most diverse cities in the country, and our proximity to New York can only be a benefit.”
That application can be found at http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/public/options. – RK