[1st-mile-nm] Fwd: YouTube - Udall/Lujan respond to Al Franken & promote Farmington for Google Fiber

[Richard Lowenberg]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall)" <Kevin_Cummins at tomudall.senate.gov>
> Date: March 26, 2010 11:29:46 AM MDT
> To: "Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall)" <Kevin_Cummins at tomudall.senate.gov>
> Subject: YouTube - Udall/Lujan respond to Al Franken & promote  
> Farmington for Google Fiber
>
>
> Here’s a fun video from Sen. Tom Udall and Rep. Ben Ray Lujan to  
> rally online support for Think BIG Farmington’s proposal to become a  
> Google test site for ultra-high speed broadband Internet:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrfy27EO378
>
> I’ve also pasted a news release below.
>
> --Kevin
>
> Kevin Cummins
> Office of Sen. Tom Udall
>
>
>
>
> For Immediate Release
> March 26, 2010
>
> VIDEO: Udall & Luján Plug Think BIG Farmingtonin YouTube Spoof!
> Duo Appeal to Google to End Video Chat Miscommunications
>
>
> WASHINGTON – New Mexico’s U.S. Senator Tom Udall and U.S.  
> Representative Ben Ray Luján released a lighthearted YouTube video  
> appeal today to rally online support for Think BIG Farmington’s  
> proposal to become a Google test site for ultra-high speed broadband  
> Internet.
>
> The video spoof features Udall and Luján catching up via video chat  
> and encountering technical difficulties and miscommunication due to  
> slow Internet connections in Farmington.
>
> The video, which can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrfy27EO378 
> , responds to a recent clip by Senator Al Franken, who is promoting  
> Duluth, MN, for the same project.
>
> Both Udall and Luján have appealed to Google CEO Eric Schmidt in  
> support of Think BIG Farmington’s collaborative effort to win  
> participation in the company’s experiment.
>
> The Google Fiber for Communities is an experiment to test new ways  
> to make broadband Internet connections faster and more accessible in  
> municipalities around America.
>
> Today marks the company’s deadline to apply for the competition.
>

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