More than 600 communities across the United States have expressed their interests to be the test sites of Google Inc.’s ultra high-speed broadband networks.

The company has set March 26 as the deadline for local governments in the country to submit information on their interests to join the Google network trials and about existing facilities and resources in their communities.

Over 600 communities have responded by Friday morning, hours before the submission deadline, according to Google.

The enthusiasm by local governments to bring ultra high-speed broadband networks to their communities clearly showed that ” people across the country are hungry for better and faster Internet access,” Google noted in a blog posting.

The company said it will announce target community or communities of the network trials by the end of the year.

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