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chipsy
Not a huge surprise. Huntsville is actually a fairly technically-minded city, with both NASA and DoD contractors.
mattezell
Agreed. I live in Birmingham, AL and there are far more 'tech job' listings for Huntsville than is the case in Birmingham - despite Birmingham being exponentially larger than Huntsville.
waterlesscloud
Yeah, Huntsville would make a lot of sense, actually. Very highly educated population with good income, but relatively remote from any major city.

Los Alamos would make a similar sort of sense.

tptacek
This whole Google Fiber thing is looking more and more like absolutely genius marketing.
ramidarigaz
Boulder, CO (my hometown) is apparently making a big push for it as well.
zacharypinter
Ooh. I'd be tempted to move from Denver to Boulder for Fiber Internet.
harshpotatoes
I dunno. I still think Google, Kansas is the ballsiest move yet.

I hope the city that does get Google fiber actually manages to make good use of it and develop some friggin brilliant ideas. All I can think of are gaming ideas...

npatrick04
This would be awesome...although I wonder how far out the fiber would go since I actually live in Limestone County.
oomkiller
AHH YES! Maybe they will bring it to Athens too!
detst
Would be nice to see Ann Arbor get it. There is support from the city and the University of Michigan.

Maybe Larry Page could influence this decision and give back to the state and university where he started.

I think it would be good choice for Google and something positive for the area.

mattblalock
Both Winston-Salem and Greensboro NC are going for it. Google already has a facility in the area (a major data center, I believe) and Apple is building a major data center near by.