The residents of three small Kansas cities on Friday joined their neighbors in Kansas City, KS and Kansas City, MO in celebrating the launch of Google Fiber, an initiative that promises to bring blazing fast Internet to their homes at an affordable price by the end of next year.
Google first announced the project to deliver 1 gigabit-per-second Internet connections to residential homes in February 2010 when it asked interested communities and local governments to answer some questions online. Nearly 1,100 communities responded.
In March 2011, Google announced it had selected Kansas City, KS as the site for the experimental network. A few months later it expanded the project to Kansas City, MO.
The new fiber network could bring huge benefits the area, including a boost in property values and new jobs, as businesses find ways to take advantage of increased connectivity. Compared to other areas of the country, the cost of a Google connection is a bargin - $70 a month for Internet service or $120 a month for Internet and television service.
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Google first announced the project to deliver 1 gigabit-per-second Internet connections to residential homes in February 2010 when it asked interested communities and local governments to answer some questions online. Nearly 1,100 communities responded.
In March 2011, Google announced it had selected Kansas City, KS as the site for the experimental network. A few months later it expanded the project to Kansas City, MO.
The new fiber network could bring huge benefits the area, including a boost in property values and new jobs, as businesses find ways to take advantage of increased connectivity. Compared to other areas of the country, the cost of a Google connection is a bargin - $70 a month for Internet service or $120 a month for Internet and television service.
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