Kansas City was the first area Google launched the high-speed broadband service in 2011. The fiber-optic broadband service, offered by Google, is only available across a select few cities in the United States and offers speeds of up to 1000 Mbps -- which is far higher than traditional broad...
in 2013. According to a post by Google Fiber community manager Rachel Hack in the Google Fiber Blog, Google Fiber has established deadline dates to sign up to be included in the new service areas for 28 ad...
As rumored, Google will deploy the fiber network in areas where there is most interest first, rather than plan the network out directly. Google is calling this each buildout a "rally," where Kansas City residents can vote by paying a $10 fee to preregister. Then, there's a "fiberhood"...
Kansas City residents will need to let Google add a direct fiber optic connection to their homes to get access to the service. The entire package, both Internet and television, will cost $120 a month. Users who sign a two-year service agreement will have their construction fee waived. Googl...
In the blog, Carlos Casas, a Google Kansas City field team manager, wrote, “From the start, small business owners have told us they want GoogleFiber to help them move faster, work better together, reach new parts of the world without boarding a plane, and save time for the import...
After just one week on the market, Google Fiber is taking off in Kansas City (in both Kansas and Missouri), where 46 of the designated neighborhoods -- or "fiberhoods" -- have qualified for the service, the company reports on itsGoogle Fiber site. ...
Google Fiber is now available in Kansas City on a selection of monthly plans, as opposed to the one-time payment for construction and free connectivity thereafter. Now, as noted by ...
It’s taken a while, but Google has chosen a city to install its first super-fast fiber network, and the winner is: Kansas City. After reviewing applications bynearly 1,100cities,Google chose Kansasbecause of its geographics and the organization and enthusiasm of its community. The search g...
Google public affairs representative Dan Martin hinted to the Duluth News Tribune that the city may have another opportunity. Martin says Google is looking at ways to bring ultra-high speeds to other cities across the country. Twin Ports Google Fiber Team member Joe Reasbeck says it may not be...
Google is slowly but surely pursuing its quest to become a fiber-based ISP, which tends to upset the typical telecom giants entrenched in a particular municipality once they get word that Google is coming to town. In Kansas City, one of the few locations where Google Fiber is available, the...