AS REPORTED IN THE LONGVIEW NEWS-JOURNAL:

Longview and 50 other Texas cities or areas — including Tyler and Nacogdoches — are among 1,100 communities nationwide in need of ultra high-speed broadband service.

That's according to a group advocating expanded Internet capabilities.

Officials say, Longview is in the top 10 percent nationally.  Officials say, the city has not yet heard whether it has been selected, but Google executives say the company plans to announce its target communities by 2010.

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