About a month back, Google shared that it was planning on building and testing its very own fiber-to-the-home networks in some of the country's cities. The promised speeds are up-to 1 Gbps, and to begin with, the network would reach some 50,000 homes.

Immediately after the announcement, cities from across the US started to try and catch Google's eye as a potential testing bed in one way or another.

Topeka, Kansas, went ahead to unofficially rename itself "Google" for the entire month, and managed to gain some substantial amount of attention. Florida's Sarasota also followed suit and re-branded its City Island as “Google Island".

The Mayor of Duluth, Minnesota, Don Ness, decided to hold a dual-purpose media event for both Google Fiber and Special Olympics, while the residents of Morgantown, West Virginia, last week, during the WVU-Georgetown basketball game, flashed signs that read "We Want a Gig".

Many of the cities, however, have decided to not resort to such blatant stunts.

"I think we're going to draw the line at silly stunts", Madison, Wisconsin alderman Mark Clear said.