Topeka's Invitation for Google's High Speed Fiber Experiment

[frontedhero]

Change City name to Google.

[903harman]

wtf does a diner have to do with internet consumption?

[kaiserdean]

@903harman

The diner shot is there to illustrate the type of community Topeka is to Google. Like a lot desirable cities, we have both large international business and lots of locally owned business. The diner in question is Bobo's Drive-In, featured on Diners, Dive-Ins and Dives on the Food Network.

[marshan3q]

@kaiserdean yeah, wasn't Bobos critically acclaimed on Food Network for it's burgers and root beer

[theporkchopchannel]

@kaiserdean google did this for or city then i had to move :( man i miss 50meg cable now im stuck with dsl 12 meg

[NPSF3000]

Really nice vid.

[bmytuber]

Google pulled an April Fools Joke on everyone by naming Google 'Topeka' for the day on the 1st of April.

[marshan3q]

Topeka is an awesome city.

[Edgehead178]

Why the hell would they change it to "Topeka". We're all going to call it GOOGLE anyways so what's the point? Even the mayor of Kansas thought it was a stupid name which is why he changed it in the first place.

[amankins]

@SpecialOpsM4 You do know that it's an April fools joke, right?

[marshan3q]

it is not an april fools joke, they did it like last year, plus... this video was posted 3 months ago, it's not an april fools joke. Also, the name change wasn't like official, it was just to get there attention, the city is still called topeka, kansas.

[kaiserdean]

@marshan3q Topeka is vying to be the test site for Google's high speed fiber network. Google was taking submissions from people to nominate their city and that's why I made my video. As part of the efforts to get Google's attention, the Mayor of Topeka issued a special proclamation renaming Topeka, Google for the month of March. In return, Google renamed itself, Topeka for April Fool's Day.

[ipooponyou23]

Good job! We are now called Google, Kansas

[kaiserdean]

@ipooponyou23 Thanks! Obviously, I made this before the name change... Perhaps you should consider a name change too, Ipooponyou23?

Were there 22 other people who actually had that name taken?

[SuperClintEastwood]

@kaiserdean sensetiiiiiiiive

[marshan3q]

It was just like for a day or something, it is STILL CALLED TOPEKA, KANSAS.