Sometime this year, Google’s supposed to name several communities in which it’ll install high-speed broadband networks, and for the sake of not getting anyone’s hopes up, we’ll say right here that "sometime" is not now.  But a site called Google Fiber for Communities did launch today so that everyone can stay informed and push for further progress.

This fiber network initiative is turning out to be a bigger deal than Google originally imagined.  The search giant received almost 1,100 community responses and 200,000 requests from individuals, according to a new post on the Official Google Blog.

So Google Fiber for Communities will serve as a place "where you can learn more about fiber networks and keep up-to-date on our project," the post stated.  Interestingly, the post then continued, "You’ll also be able to advocate for common-sense federal and local policies that would help fiber deployments nationwide."

Google put together a little video to show how excited people are and applaud their enthusiasm, too (with one interesting line being "what we learn in our trial communities will benefit all communities").