Scrantonites are uniting around a campaign to convince Google to select the Electric City as one of the cities in which the Internet juggernaut plans to build its experimental fiber-optic network for free, reports the Times-Tribune.
Proponents are rushing to complete the city's application by Friday's deadline for local governments and residents to express their interest, and they're asking the public to get involved by joining the effort through the Facebook social networking site.
The payoff could be substantial: $100 million to $200 million worth of technology infrastructure and the promise of Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today.
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