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

[peter baston]

Dave Coss was going to do something similar in Santa Fe but he lost his
connection and they still have a team wandering round the plaza with
Budweiser's on cleft sticks shouting something about having faith

( : ( ; pete

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Richard Lowenberg <lowenberg at designnine.com
> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
> [image: Udall-Lujan-Header.jpg]
> *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 <http://tomudall.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=441> and Luján<http://lujan.house.gov/index.php/media-center/press-releases/571?task=view>
>  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 <http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi>
>  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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> Richard Lowenberg
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> Design Nine, Inc.
> lowenberg at designnine.com
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