Variants of the following text have been circulated by email through different people and organizations in recent days. Can I ask you to emulate them by copying and pasting the below, substituting your name where there is an underscore in the second paragraph, and sending it to as many people as you know? Only through wide distribution can more nomination forms be submitted.

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If you know about the Google fiber initiative please go to http://fibernbpt.com to see how you can help. If not, please read on and share with your friends and colleagues…

Google wants to build an ultra-high speed broadband network and increase Internet access speeds by a factor of 100 in a handful of communities across the United States — and Newburyport hopes to be one of them.

_______ is pleased to join Mayor Donna Holaday, the Newburyport City Council, the Newburyport School Department, Senator Steven Baddour, Representative Michael Costello, Anna Jaques Hospital, PortMedia, and other supporters to nominate Newburyport to be a national trial community for Google fiber.

Please visit http://fibernbpt.com for background and instructions about how you can help. If you have any questions, please email fibernbpt@gmail.com.

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Thanks! I’m sponsoring a community brainstorming event on Sunday afternoon at the library, as elaborated here. Hope you can make it.

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