Dress Up & Bring Google Fiber to Durham TODAY!

The folks over at HiFiber Durham have organized an event wherein they will get people to spell out "We Want Google" with their primary-color clothed bodies today at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.  Sorry for the short notice!

Participants should wear one of the following colors: black, blue, green, red or yellow, and show up at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park beginning at 11 a.m. March 18, Poley said. A team will organize participants by clothing color and arrange them onto the field to spell out “We want” in black, and “Google” in the colors that correspond to the Google logo (see photo). A photographer in a plane will zip over the field around 12:15 p.m. and take several photos.

Update on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 9:50PM by Maker Faire:NC

Great job, everybody! I can taste that sweet, sweet fiber now!

If you haven't had a chance yet, go watch the excellent "Find Your Cool" video produced by ABC11 WTVD.

Effort to Bring Google Fiber to Durham

Google recently announced that they will be rolling out high-speed and affordable Internet access in selected communities.  Durham is anxious to be one of those communities.  The center of the effort is HiFiber Durham.

Google is planning to build, and test ultra-high speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the country. We'll deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today with 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections. We'll offer service at a competitive price to at least 50,000, and potentially up to 500,000 people.

You can sign up for their various announcements here: