A few days ago, we talked with the mayor of Peoria, Ilinois about his city’s efforts to persuade Google to build its ultra-high speed broadband network in its backyard.
The hundreds of municipalities that are vying to become a test bed for Google’s ultra-high speed broadband network had until week’s end to make their case to the search giant. In addition to some other low-key efforts, Peoria hoped that flying a banner over the Googleplex in Mountain View at lunchtime on Friday might just draw the right amount of attention to its town.
It’s too soon to say whether the effort — which involved an additional plane to film the first — will pay off; Google has until the end of the year to make a decision. Given how hard Googlers tend to work, it’s also hard to know how many of them actually spied the banner.
Either way, if you’ve ever wondered what Google’s sprawling campus look like from 3,000 feet in the air, here’s your chance:
