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Google Fiber - July 26th Announcement

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Just a bump for this to say the pre-registration has ended.

There was a bit of an uproar a week or two back about the wealth divide in KC and it seems it might have affected the rollout slightly, a lot more of the impoverished neighborhoods receiving approved status despite previously having low pre-registration numbers. For example, my own neighborhood is east of Troost in the Blue Hills South area and up until September 1st only had a few people sign up including myself. However I got an email the other day from Google saying we were approved for Fiber with construction scheduled to begin in September 2013.

Pretty cool. I've also heard word that they are rolling out construction first in KCK, can anyone confirm?
 
Jackben said:
Just a bump for this to say the pre-registration has ended.

There was a bit of an uproar a week or two back about the wealth divide in KC and it seems it might have affected the rollout slightly, a lot more of the impoverished neighborhoods receiving approved status despite previously having low pre-registration numbers. For example, my own neighborhood is east of Troost in the Blue Hills South area and up until September 1st only had a few people sign up including myself. However I got an email the other day from Google saying we were approved for Fiber with construction scheduled to begin in September 2013.

Pretty cool. I've also heard word that they are rolling out construction first in KCK, can anyone confirm?
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LUCKYYYYYY. I can't confirm anything, other than that... I'm grape jelly after reading this. =[
 
ISPs Want Perks Google's Getting in Kansas City
But Google Fiber Wouldn't Exist If They Hadn't Failed

A few weeks back we noted how Google's franchise deal with Kansas City for Google Fiber was a particularly sweet arrangement. Not only does the deal allow Google to walk away from the build in two years if things aren't going well, it allows Google the right to cherry pick markets as they see fit without penalty. To have their city chosen Kansas City was willing to make these concessions, which tells you everything you need to know about how KC (and the thousands of applying cities not selected) felt about the quality of existing services.

Now, unsurprisingly, the same regional incumbent ISPs responsible for Google Fiber's creation want some of the perks Google has been receiving. According to the Wall Street Journal, both AT&T and Time Warner Cable have approached Kansas City about getting the same perks, and appear ready to call out the waaaaaaambulance if they don't receive them:

"There are certain portions of the agreement between Google and Kansas City, Kan., that put them at a competitive advantage compared with not just us but also the other competitors in the field," said Alex Dudley, a Time Warner Cable spokesman. "We're happy to compete with Google, but we'd just like an even playing field." AT&T declined to comment on any negotiations but said, "It's time to modernize our industry's rules and regulations…so all consumers benefit from fair and equal competition."
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FUCK YOU! - That's your even playing field right there.
 
SimleuqiR said:
ISPs Want Perks Google's Getting in Kansas City
But Google Fiber Wouldn't Exist If They Hadn't Failed



FUCK YOU! - That's your even playing field right there.
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Google =

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Why don't you try lowering your prices, increasing the benefits of your service and bump up the speed of all your users to that of Google Fiber levels and then we'll talk about a "level playing field".

Because right now you're trying to sell the same overpriced garbage service peddled for years and are clearly just upset someone has finally come along to do it right.
 
It's time to modernize our industry's rules and regulations…so all consumers benefit from fair and equal competition."
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I love how the "..." makes this sound even more evil in text form.
 
SimleuqiR said:
ISPs Want Perks Google's Getting in Kansas City
But Google Fiber Wouldn't Exist If They Hadn't Failed

FUCK YOU! - That's your even playing field right there.
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It's hysterical that companies that have benefited from regional monopolies for decades - monopolies that have allowed them to raise prices indiscriminately while providing notoriously shitty service - are now bitching about not having an even playing field.

Even if KC were to "even the playing field," Google would still trounce these fuckers. Why? Because telecoms and cable companies are universally loathed (and deservedly so), and Google is almost universally loved.
 
BertramCooper said:
It's hysterical that companies that have benefited from regional monopolies for decades - monopolies that have allowed them to raise prices indiscriminately while providing notoriously shitty service - are now bitching about not having an even playing field.

Even if KC were to "even the playing field," Google would still trounce these fuckers. Why? Because telecoms and cable companies are universally loathed (and deservedly so), and Google is almost universally loved.
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yeah seriously the tax payers of this country paid for ISP's and Telecoms to install this shit years ago but when they de regulated they fucked us and gave us dsl. So fuck them.
 
Just hurry and get it to my area NOW!


BertramCooper said:
Even if KC were to "even the playing field," Google would still trounce these fuckers. Why? Because telecoms and cable companies are universally loathed (and deservedly so), and Google is almost universally loved.
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Google fiber "free"
Up to 5Mbps download, 1Mbps upload speed • No data caps • Free service guaranteed for at least 7 years • Includes Network Box
$300 construction fee (one time or 12 monthly payments of $25) + taxes and fees

I LOVE IT ALREADY!
 
Google Fiber goes live in first Kansas City neighborhood.

Four months after it announced an ultra high speed fiber optic network experiment in Kansas City , Google is beginning to connect homes to the 1,000 Mbps service. In a recent blog post, the company breaks down the installation process, saying that it wants to nail the small details — arriving at the beginning of the appointment window, installing everything cleanly and efficiently, and getting everything sorted out in a single visit. Ars Technica spoke with a resident of the Hanover Heights neighborhood where Google is starting its installations, who quoted actual speeds of 600-700Mbps for the $70 monthly service.

Google released a short video describing the installation process (below), showing the delightful experience we’re used to from other internet service ads, only with stacks of Google-colored boxes and a Nexus 7 remote control for the accompanying TV service. Now that things are underway in Hanover Heights, the other 179 or so neighborhoods that signed on for Google Fiber can't be that far behind.
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There is video of the installation process at the link.
 
Analysts Believe Google Fiber Will Expand Beyond Kansas City

Despite saying they're not worried about Google Fiber in Kansas City, local incumbent Time Warner Cable is worried about Google Fiber in Kansas City. Two analysts from BTIG Research (free registration required, breakdown via Business Insider) took a trip to Kansas City to look at Google Fiber up close and personal. Most of the analysis is information we already knew, like the $70 for 1 Gbps price tag, and the fact that the company is giving TV customers a 7" Nexus tablet to control television service.


But the analysts also found a few other things of note, like not only is the TV component fairly stellar (unlike Google TV efforts), but installation techs are actually showing up at specific times -- as opposed to the traditional nebulous "window" install that has plagued cable satisfaction ratings for years. The analysts also note that Time Warner Cable is sweating bullets in the market:

Consumer indicated that Time Warner Cable had come out to his house twice in recent weeks, unprovoked to check on the quality of their Internet speeds and simply to make sure they were happy. Said Time Warner was literally going door to door knocking on consumers doors to help their subscribers. Yet, their particular community was not even in a place where Google Fiber was available – illustrating how Time Warner Cable is proactively preparing for the inevitable expansion of Google’s service.
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BTIG doesn't note that the primary reason for that visit is to upsell bundles and try and lock customers down into new long term contracts -- so they aren't able to switch to Google Fiber without paying a huge penalty. BTIG (and rather out of step with most analysts) actually believes that Google Fiber will eventually be built out in additional markets once Google works out the kinks. That's something Time Warner Cable is on record saying they don't think will happen.

Google has long flirted with connectivity from fiber to Wi-Fi, but the efforts have focused more on stirring the pot, testing advertising and nudging a stagnant broadband market -- as opposed to any real national ISP ambition. Should Google Fiber expand, companies like Time Warner Cable who have had the luxury of pathetic market competition for more than a decade -- should very much be worried.
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I think Google has a long term agenda to cover at least mayor markets. It might take years but I think they will try their best to do so, either via Fiber or the Airwaves.
 
Good.

While I believe that the internet, in today's age, should be considered more of a utility like gas or water than a luxury item like cable television and should be set up by local governments, or at least legislated, as such, seeing Google having the money and ability to combat the duopolies across the country will finally force Comcast, Cox, Time Warner, etc. to compete rather than just keep increasing prices while doing nothing to improve service.
 
Though I don't mind this type of crazy talk:

http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/12/3759000/eric-schmidt-google-fiber-real-business

Despite the fact that the service is only available in Kansas City right now, Schmidt said that it wasn't "just an experiment, it's a real business and we're trying to decide where to expand next." Unfortunately no more details were forthcoming, but for those of us looking at the speeds Google Fiber users get with extreme envy, there's some hope that we may some day get to share in the extreme speed.
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Juancho9 said:
http://www.google.com/about/jobs/loc...-new-york.html
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I'm cumming sooo hard.

The role: Sales Representative, Google Fiber

The Google Fiber Sales Representative be a part of a team to evangelizes Google Fiber services to small and medium business and multi unit dwellings. As a Fiber Sales Representative you will support plan for our approach in the market including multi unit dwellings, small business, restaurants, and hotels. You'll reach out proactively to both small businesses, while articulating how Google Fiber Solutions can help make their work more productive. (And then, you seal the deal!) You excel at product pitching, cultivating a strong base of new clients and working with fellow technical Googlers to devise solutions and support for your clients.
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