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Google recently announced their Google Fiber for Communities Project. It aims to bring 1Gbit speed +/- connections to one lucky municipality. As such, cities across the country have geared up their residents to start voting for their town. This won’t happen in the New York’s or Chicago’s of America. The goal is to choose a city w/ 50,000 to 500,000 residents. The implementation is actually quite complicated and many are skeptical given the technical, cost and technology hurdles. Google plans to wire each residence in the chosen municipality with a  direct fiber optic feed. As Google states…

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

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Out-of-Work Architects Turn to Other Skills

Some “innovative” approaches to say the least…

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"Architect" to replace "Architectural Record" in your mailbox

Hanley Wood wins AIA contract…

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Hardest Hit Jobs of 2009

No big surprise on the ignoble #1 spot…

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James May’s LEGO Home Demolished

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Industrial Espionage, Mail Fraud, and Racketeering

Reed Construction Data and McGraw-Hill are spying on each other while vying for the role of “official” AIA publication in 2010 among other industry intrigue…

(via Mark Raeburn)

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20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall collapse celebrated with giant “domino wall”…

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