Google has announced plans to select a city (or cities) to test its new ultrahigh speed internet. At up to 100 times faster than today's speediest connection, it will drastically improve the speeds of uploads, downloads, photo sharing, online videos, online conferencing and allow multiple users easier access.
Several cities in our area are vying to be a test location and are looking for citizens' input to help their chances of being selected!
This has the potential to drive new businesses, jobs and advanced technology in our local economy.
You can help get a city selected. Watch your local area's news for ways to get involved. Some cities have established online ways to express your support through petitions or letters. The cities we know of as this issue of Realeyes Online Update is being emailed are here along with the links for citizens' input:
If you want to add your voice as a REALTOR® to your city's efforts, points you could add include:
- Home buyers and sellers use the internet extensively - real estate is one of the categories most frequently searched and millions of people benefit from online real estate information,
- As a REALTOR you are an advocate for private property and homeowners' rights. Through a web-based system established by REALTOR associations, you and hundreds of thousands of other REALTORS frequently send letters to legislators in support of those rights.
- Many of the business tools you use daily, when working for home buyers and sellers, are web-based. Your own website as well as access to the Heartland Multiple Listing Service, to continuing education and to our secure web-based lockbox system are some of your business basics that would be enhanced by ultrahigh speed internet.
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