You Don’t Think We Live In The Internet Age: Topeka Changes Its Name To Google, Kansas

At 79,  doesn’t exactly understand the Internet boom. The Topeka, Kansas, mayor has an e-mail account, he said, but his assistants take care of most of his online communications and tend to search the Web for him.

The mayor of Topeka, Kansas Bill Bunten, signed a formal proclamation Monday, changing the domain of his city from Topeka, Kansas to Google, Kansas.

Ok so before the owner of Topeka.com has a stroke, the name change is only last through the month of March.

What’s the incentive?

Google’s new “Fiber for Communities” program.

This is the same network we told you about last month.

Google is  going to install new Internet connections in unannounced locations, giving those communities Internet speeds of up to 100 times faster than those elsewhere, with data transfer rates faster than 1 gigabit per second.

Cities have until March 26 to tell Google they’re interested in the venture. Google says it will pick one or more cities for the pilot project. “We’ll offer service at a competitive price to at least 50,000 and potentially up to 500,000 people,” Google says in an online post.