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Santa Cruz...Are you ready to think BIG?
It's time to Network Santa Cruz.
Let's convince Google why we want to be chosen for the Gigabit Experiment!
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Santa Cruz Archive
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WHAT is a Gigabit ….. and why do we care?
Google is planning to build ultra-high speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the country. Santa Cruz could be one of them — but we need to act now! Imagine sitting in a rural health clinic, streaming three-dimensional medical imaging over the web and discussing a unique condition with a specialist [...] -
INSPIRE Google ….. tell them to select Santa Cruz
Let’s convince Google that Santa Cruz is the best place to “think big with a GIG.” TAKE ACTION! 1. Fill out this Google form: NOMINATE Santa Cruz for the Google Experiment This is SUPER important. We need all local community members, groups and businesses to let Google know how passionate we are about improving our community by bringing [...] -
Networked Community = Networked Nation
A networked community equals a networked nation. Together we can accomplish more than we can apart. We cannot even begin to imagine what having a Gigabit of internet speed would do for our local community. This equals 2000% faster internet speed than we currently have. While this would benefit Santa Cruz in incredible ways, we feel [...] -
Network Effect ….. on PUBLIC SAFETY
Public safety organizations rely on network technologies to rapidly and effectively respond to emergencies, cultivate safety, and manage public welfare. Police & fire departments, ambulance & rescue services, emergency communication networks, and volunteer communities all depend on access to broadband services in order to organize the complex collaborations & communication channels necessary to maintain public [...] -
Network Effect ….. on ECONOMY
Santa Cruz is a small town with huge reserves of talent. Out of the 58,000 souls that call our community home, we have expert programmers and designers like Joe Hewitt and Sol Lipman, visionary entrepreneurs like Doug Michels (SCO) and Philippe Kahn (Borland) and a veritable plethora of inventors and fabricators like Craig Calfee and [...] -
Network Effect ….. on EDUCATION
Santa Cruz offers some of the best education in the United States. The Pacific Collegiate School is annually ranked in the top ten middle schools nationwide. The University of California at Santa Cruz generates some of the most cited and valuable research in the world contributing extensively to marine & earth sciences, genetics, physics, material [...] -
Network Effect ….. on HEALTH CARE
Health care is one of the most vital services for any community. Modern medicine is increasingly digital, networked, and spread across diverse locations. Medical organizations are more and more dependent on the bandwidth necessary to communicating and collaborating. The global community of medical researchers depends on access to prior work and peer review to advance [...]
