[GRLUG] Not Linux - Google's fiber system in Kansas City.

[Bob Kline]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57549436-93/google-inaugurates-its-super-high-speed-internet-service/

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The 1-gigabit-per-second service will cost customers $70 per month. The
fast speeds are available for both uploads and downloads and come with 1
terabyte of data storage and a network box to deliver the service. If
customers want to include Fiber TV service, the total comes out to $120, which
tends to be a lot
cheaper<http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57486627-94/google-fiber-gets-a-fast-start-in-kansas-city/>than
Google's broadband competitors, such as Time Warner Cable and Comcast.
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If Comcast really makes money on the
service at this price, it would seem to
ask a lot of questions about where other
ISP's have been.

And references in the piece suggest
some of them are getting religion about
fiber, if only in Kansas City.

Yes, competition can be a marvelous
thing, but trying, which is probably why
so many hate it.....

  -- Bob
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