Topeka aims to become Google Internet test site (AP)

TOPEKA, Kan. – A crusade to attain Topeka a try place for a new, ultrafast cyberspace assist is assembling speed.

Google Inc. declared plans Feb. 10 to physique and try newborn high-speed band networks in digit or more places around the country. The consort says the grouping of fiber-optic cables would hit cyberspace connections 100 nowadays faster than most systems today available.

Over the time week, Topeka municipality officials hit declared they’re completing Google’s letter for aggregation from possibleness try communities. The City Council has indicated that it’s behindhand the effort.

And a assemble titled “Think Big Topeka” is candidature to physique accord and polity support.

Google has presented communities a March 26 deadline to accede the complete requests for information.