Palo Alto drops stimulus bid, pinning fiber hopes on Google

Palo Alto's city council has decide to drop the city's bid for broadband stimulus funds and instead apply to partner on a Google infrastructure project.

City Manager James Keene said Palo Alto's chances for stimulus cash looked dim, since the federal projects are aimed at communities where Internet access is scarce. By contrast, Keene and several other officials speculated that a plugged-in city such as Palo Alto might be just what Google is looking for.