The mayor of Duluth, Minn., jumped into icy Lake Superior. Lafayette, Ind., is touting free snacks, among other community assets, and at least someone in Baton Rouge thought the city should seriously consider renaming itself Baton Roogle.

Lafayette, LA, on the other hand is basing its pitch for the Google Fiber for Communities project (also known as the Google Gigabit project) on its own, ready-made, citywide fiber to the premise network, a plug and play of sorts. The search engine giant announced in February it was soliciting Requests for Information from communities across the country interested in serving as a test bed for next generation Internet.

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