The Carolinian [March 16, 2010]

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Independent Newspaper of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro- Founded 1919
Greensboro, NC I Vol. XC, No. 21 Carolinianonline. com March 16 - March 23, 2010
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Christopher Boyette
Senior Reporter
Greensboro fights. for Go ogle Fiber
New Coogle broadband service offers hope for
faster downloads in Greensboro
Imagine checking your email I 00 times faster. What if doctors could send clear, diagnosable, visible copies of x-rays across
town when seconds. count at the hospital? What if a renowned speaker could address your class in real time, from hundreds
of miles away, in crisp picture and without lags or delays? If plans to attract Google to build its ultra-high speed broadband
Internet system in Greensboro are successful, proponents say benefits like these are just the beginning.
On February 10, Google, the $23 billion Web search company, .posted a video online announcing plans to build an Internet
network somewhere in America, running 100 times faster than the internet networks of any current telecommunications
companies. Google's plan is to deliver the internet speed via 21st century technology fiber optic cables, as opposed to the
copper coaxial cable that transport high speed internet now. To test this experimental fiber service, Google will select a test
market, making the service available for 50,000 to 500,000 people, and sent a call out to communities around the country to
sign up. By March 26, cities and municipalities all over America will provide a Request for Information (RFI) in order to get
the service. Google is asking for information about communities so as to determine where to build its networks. Four days
after Google's announcement, Greensboro City Council voted unanimously to get behind a drive to get Google's attention,
and Greensboro is among the cities vying for the opportunity to be the testing ground of the new high -speed Internet service.
The only information Google has provjded about their plans is what it stated on the web-video. Google did not say
how much they would spend or how many jobs the project would create. Would Google use existing fiber optics or build
new ones? Wh,at would be the cost of the new service? These questions give the whole project an air of mystery. "This is
quite ingenious on their behalf because what they've done is gotten the entire nation talking about the need for high speed
internet;' said Jay Ovittore who founded the Facebook group "Bring Google Fiber to Greensboro, NC!" which, as of March
11, reached 4,000 members. "What local providers call high speed internet is 10 Megabits per second, but what Google Fiber
optic offers is one Gigabit, or 100 times faster internet service:' 1
If Google comes.to Greensboro, their fiber service will act as a major competitor to current internet service providers like
Time Warner Cable, but as Ovittore sees it, this competition will drive prices down for consumers, and the ultra high speed
internet will attract businesses. "All across America we're seeing this, one incumbent [internet] provider, no competition
unless you're in a major city like New York or Los Angeles, limited access in rural areas, mostly by DSL not by broadband,
SEE GOOGLE, PAGE 2
Hassebrock pitches a gem on the
hill as Spartans slide past Tigers
Joshua Goodman
Staff Writer
The. Spartans faced off against
the Princeton Tigers this week­end
for a three game series.
UNCG was able to squeeze out
wins on Saturday and Sunday to
improve to 9-4 on the season as
the Tigers dropped to 0-6.
The first game in the series on
Saturday featured little offense as
both teams starting pitchers put
up solid performances, In the
bottom of the eighth inning the
Spartans Chris Barker was able to
break a 2-2 tie with a two out solo
homerun to push the Spartans
past the Tigers. Pitching over­shadowed
hitting throughout the
weekend. On Saturday UNCG
head coach Mike Gaski com­mented,
"It's crucial obviously,
you can't win them all unless you
win the first one. I was just really
happy with the way we pitched. I
think we have some work to do
with our bats:'
Pitchers Dan Barnes and Blake
Hassebrock dominated on the
mound through the first four in­nings.
Barnes was hit by a line
drive in the ankle in the bottom
of the third but stayed in until
the bottom of the fourth inning.
Barnes was replaced only when
he couldn't gut it out anymore.
Barnes allowed only two hits and
no runs in the three and a third
innings he pitched.
Gaski praised Barnes, saying
"He's going to be a dominant col­lege
pitcher and he proved that
today. He held scoreless in the
early innings:'
The Spartans ace on the
mound had a great day as well.
Blake Has.sebrock pitched seven
innings, allowing only 1 run on
just 3 hits. Through four innings
Hassebrock had a .no hitter until
the Tiger's John Mishu hit a solo
homerun in the top of the fifth
inning to break the 0-0 stalemate.
Gaski had nothing but good
to say about Hassebrock as well,
saying, "We're really happy. He
was really zeroed in and he threw
easily and just threw an awful lot
of strikes:'
"I thought that was the highest
percentage of strikes in any one
outing that he's thrown;' Gaski
said. Hassebrock threw 66 strikes
on just 93 pitches and was able to
throw consistently throughout
SEE BASEBALL, PAGE 13
Barker, Raynor come u_p big late to
lead baseball past Princeton
JOSUE ROMAN/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
Sophomore first baseman lloyd Enzor tags out an Army base runner last week.