Google Unveils Superfast Internet in Kansas City, Mo.

[Heath]

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/0...as-city-mo/?hp

KANSAS CITY, Mo. ? Encouraging residents here to rally each other, Google on Thursday unveiled the highly anticipated details of its new ultrahigh-speed Internet network, which is supposed to run 100 times faster than typical broadband connections.

The service, known as Google Fiber, will offer residents in selected parts of the metropolitan area in both Kansas and Missouri the option of purchasing the gigabit Internet service for $70 a month or both the Internet and a television service for $120 a month. The TV service, Google said, comes with a Nexus 7 tablet that serves as a remote.

The announcement, made in a plaza on the Kansas-Missouri state line, is Google?s venture into a world of broadband providers who have looked skeptically at the company?s effort. Some have branded it a publicity stunt that will do little to advance the country?s broadband agenda. Typical broadband providers undertake the costly task of providing service to millions of homes, while Google?s prototype will reach far fewer customers ? the initial round here is available to about 170,000 homes.

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[LEVAC109]

I think I've read a very very similar story when Google posted their April Fools attempt this year.

[Mac]

You're wrong.

[b1gj4v]

so whats the actual speed they have rolled out then?

[Akhlis]

Well in Romania internet is damn fast, but still there is place for better
I want 100 times faster internet =]

[LEVAC109]

Well in Romania internet is damn fast, but still there is place for better
I want 100 times faster internet =]

Why? Why do you need such power to yourself?

[Akhlis]

Why? Why do you need such power to yourself?

To rule the world

[Sp32]

^ You two remind me of this:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJPFSNu_QNs[/ame]

[Akhlis]

"The Pinky and the Brain"
Ha

[Mac]

100 times faster broadband = 1Gbps. So around 125MB/s.