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Osayidan wrote on 2012-07-26 16:27
If so, lucky bastards.
Google's fiber internet service is finally launching there.
http://www.bgr.com/2012/07/26/google-fiber-launch-kansas-city/
Google (GOOG) on Thursday lit up its highly-anticipated fiber network in Kansas City, promising to bring residents of the city world-class Internet service with projected maximum theoretical speeds of 1Gbps. Google vice president of access services Milo Medin made the announcement in Kansas City and said that the fiber network was necessary to help American consumers and businesses keep with with the acceleration of both computing power and storage needs.
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“Even though the Internet was invented here, other countries have sped ahed and their citizens enjoy much faster speeds,†he said.
Google engineers ran speed tests comparing Google Fiber to standard broadband networks and showed that Google Fiber had download speeds of around 937Mbps, or just under 1Gbps.
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RebeccaBlack wrote on 2012-07-26 19:02
[Image: http://www.brightsideofnews.com/Data/2012_7_26/Google-Fiber-Introduces-Gigabit-Internet-and-TV-Service/GoogleFiberTV.jpg]
I would pay $70 for that in a heartbeat. I don't watch TV, so yeah.
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Cannibal wrote on 2012-07-26 19:07
Waaaaaaaaaaaaant.
I can dream, I guess.
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Osayidan wrote on 2012-07-26 19:07
I pay close to 60$ per month for about 7/1 with monthly cap.
I'd like to multiply my speed by over 100 times for the same price please.
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Joker wrote on 2012-07-26 19:26
Quote from Osayidan;918423:
If so, lucky bastards.
Google's fiber internet service is finally launching there.
http://www.bgr.com/2012/07/26/google-fiber-launch-kansas-city/
[video=youtube;iQru7oCdYXA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQru7oCdYXA[/video]
good thing for kansas... lol
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Oizen wrote on 2012-07-27 00:40
Its too bad I live in an area that would never even be considered for it. One can dream I suppose
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Aikuna wrote on 2012-07-27 00:43
I was just reading this. So jealous. x.x I could see maybe my college town getting up enough hype for it eventually, but for now I will just hope they spread to other places soon. XD
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Rin wrote on 2012-07-27 00:48
$70/month?
Fast and cheap? What the f-
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Cannibal wrote on 2012-07-27 04:10
I pay that for shitty RR that doesn't even give me what it's supposed to. I swear they say you're getting the top notch when you're really getting the cheapest service they offer.,