Tag: Google Fiber
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Google Fiber Ignites Kansas City Startup Scene
Mashable: Google Fiber Ignites Kansas City Startup Scene As Google continues to build its high-speed Google Fiber network in Kansas City, more startups are moving into the neighborhood to make the most of the new service. The first neighborhood to get Google Fiber, known on the map as Hanover Heights but locally as the Kansas…
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In One City, Signing Up for Internet Becomes a Civic Cause
New York Times: In One City, Signing Up for Internet Becomes a Civic Cause KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With Google’s promise last year to wire homes, schools, libraries and other public institutions in this city with the nation’s fastest Internet connection, community leaders on the long forlorn, predominantly black east side were excited, seeing a…
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Google Chooses Its Fiber-Networked City Of The Future: Kansas City
Tech Crunch: Google Chooses Its Fiber-Networked City Of The Future: Kansas City Back in February 2010, Google announced its plans to build out a fiber-optic network for a city in the United States, promising connection speeds around 1Gb/s — 100 times faster than the broadband most people are used to. The announcement led 1,100 cities…