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Google Fiber Inspires 'Gigabit IPA' in Portland
Back when cities were clamoring and climbing over one another to be chosen as the first city for Google Fiber back in 2010, Portland's Hopworks Urban Brewery offered a brief run of "Gigabit Indian Pale Ale" to try and draw some attention to Portland. It didn't work (Kansas City was initially chosen as the first launch market), though the beer is making a brief appearance this week as the city votes on a preliminary franchise agreement with Google Fiber in the hopes of being one of Google Fiber's 34 possible next launch cities. As noted recently, Portland has had to rework several city ordinances on telecom cabinet placement to win Google's potential affection.

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tshirt
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tshirt

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Well, I'll drink to that...

...Portland celebrating ANYTHING new or old with a microbrew...who would have thunk?

beer and a donut is all you ever need
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