<A target="_blank" href="http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/02/google-isp/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29#ixzz0fGMj1cMi">Google is starting an "experiment" in fiber-optic.</A> The company is asking towns across the U.S. to apply as "test markets" for a planned fiber-optic network capable of providing broadband service at 1Gbps.