2:00pm | The effort to attract Google Fiber – a hyper-speed internet connection that the website giant will test in select markets – is heating up in Long Beach, where both the underground and the establishment have come up with clever ways to build a movement.

Google has not disclosed where or when they will begin testing the advanced connection, and as a result cities across the nation have begun vying for the opportunity to serve as guinea pigs.

The city of Lansing has planned a support rally, and neighborhoods from Kissimmee to Kalamazoo have made their interest known. Recently, the mayor of Sarasota jumped into a shark tank for some reason that is apparently supposed to woo Google Fiber.

Some estimates say that Google Fiber may be up to 1,000 times faster than current high-speed internet.

In Long Beach, prominent members of the social-mediasphere are using the hashtag #LBGoogle on Twitter and Facebook to connect users in support of the campaign. An LBGoogle Twitter account of its own has even popped up, directing people to the letter-writing campaign being run by Long Beach Councilmember Robert Garcia, who first brought the idea to the City Council in February. Already, Garcia says, residents have sent more than 250 letters to Google in support. Click here to visit the letter-writing site, robertgarcia.com/google.

“I’m encouraged that people are excited about it,” says Garcia. “There’s no way to know what Google is thinking but I think there’s obviously a need for it in Long Beach and that we’re a great option for them. I’m hopeful that they’ll select us.”

A Wall Street Journal article yesterday points out that there are still more questions than answers about exactly how Google Fiber will work, but that hasn’t stopped the swell of anticipation. As we speed towards an increasingly instant society there will always be demand for the fastest technology. Time will tell if Long Beach is selected to serve as a testing ground for what may (or may not) be the future of the internet.

Disclosure: The letter-writing campaign web page is hosted by ChamberAdvocacy.biz, which is owned by staging-live.lbpost.com publisher Shaun Lumachi.