How can a Google fiber broadband network help Newburyport? Anna Jaques Hospital is one of three medical centers in Massachusetts piloting a statewide implementation of electronic medical records. The time draws near when you can use your home computer to connect to your medical records and view your own X-ray online. Access to a faster broadband network through Google Fiber can quicken the deployment of this initiative. PortMedia has the infrastructure in place to stream local government meetings in real-time over Comcast channel 9, but the existing broadband connection does not have enough bandwidth to stream those meetings live over the web. Access to a Google Fiber network can help make this possible. Newburyport Adult and Continuing Education offers over 70 courses for you to enroll, but they require you to attend in-person. Imagine attending a class from the comfort of your home, where the Google Fiber network connecting your home and the school can send and receive audio and video of the purest quality possible. In these areas and others, Michael Strauss, chairman of the Newburyport Energy Advisory Committee and Ari Herzog, city councilor at-large, put their heads together and came up with these initial ideas. Do you have a creative idea why Newburyport would be attractive for a Google Fiber network? Please click the "add" button below and write your name and/or organization, and your thoughts... then scroll to the bottom of the page for the next step... After adding your idea, please continue to the bottom of this main page and follow the steps to nominate Newburyport! |