:LOL:

No ESPN? No worries. It has MLB and NFL Networks. Throw in Fox SPorts and Metro Sports, and I'm good.

I was the first to register in my neighborhood. only 24 more people to go before our goal is met.

Anyone post this yet?

https://fiber.google.com/about/

Gonna be some wicked kill counts coming out of FPS games in the mid-west.

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I am in.

WTF was that? Why am I crying?

PORN

TORRENTS

WAREZ

I'm officially jealous.

102 pre-registered, 28 more needed.

Come over and download all the porn you want sir. Even the weird stuff.

Doesn't reach Independence. I can't stand ATT/Comcast.

Me too. By the time it gets here need bi-focals to see Megan Fox's saggy boobs.

**** it, I'm moving to an area that's covered when my lease is up next year.

This needs to spread like the damn plague.

/superjelly

There's too many games that come on ESPN that I would wanna watch.

Goddamn it, I ****ing hate Time Warner. Thinking of buying a house in the Northland next summer when my lease is up. Where Google Fiber is may play a part in where I end up buying.

wonder what their rates will be. hate that Topeka couldn't get that contract but it is pretty standard that our city can't land anything good.

Rates were announced. $70 for internet or $125 for TV + Internet

$70 = fast as **** internet
$300 (one-time) = internet

holy crap. nevermind. heh

hahaha

Fantastic.

Wait, does that mean HBO could be included as part of the package? That would ****ing rule.

Yep. The premium package.

Yes, because Saul really went out on a limb predicting my response. :D

Apparently my neighborhood values internet speeds over basic lawn upkeep, w00t, I'm in.

Ha nice. My "fiberhood" is off to a get start. It will get there it seems.

Hell, I would gladly pay the $300 construction fee for the free service. That is only a little bit less speed than what I have now.

Thanks for sharing this..More information regarding this is welcome!

As someone who has a little experience in this field, I'd say that Sept. 2013 goal isn't too far off. It's not the cost of the fiber itself, it's the electronics that are expensive. If they're using a pre-subscribe and hitting you for $300 construction costs, that makes it pretty easy to lay out the network.

I would say that doesn't even begin to cut into the costs but that is just a guess. They do however seem to be efficient in how they are rolling out and the fact that they are making most everything.

But they're waiving the $300 fee for everyone who gets on a contract plan.

You are correct about the costs, but it does show good faith on the part of the customer/fiberhood. That being said, the fiber is not the expensive part, it's the electronics. The key is to get your footprint in an area. I would guess that waiver is only for a short time.
BTW, I did see the contractors in KCK on Leavenworth Rd., working between 83rd and about 90th Wed. morning.

It looks like the MO side is off to a good start and the small corner of KCK that has money is in.

The data is gonna be flowin through the fiber just like the power of all the Warriors flows through the veins of the Ultimate Warrior

Well, shit. CS Rep told me wrong. Only the neighborhoods that qualify in this rally will be done by Sept. 2013.

I seriously doubt the electronics are the expensive part.

I don't think he means the shit that goes inside the house. He is probably talking about the fiber PoP's and switching equipment.

How long until someone starts crying "Google is racist!" ?



http://voices.kansascity.com/entries...ig-kc-victory/


I did receive some backlash Thursday for this tweet: “Good #GoogleFiber: more speed. Bad #GoogleFiber: it’s for rich neigborhoods (pls. don’t pretend otherwise).”

That prompted some followers to make these points.
• Early adopters often pay more in technological breakthroughs (says the guy who spent $1,000 on a VCR in 1980).
• Google’s service will still be price competitive - and offer better speeds - than current providers.

Conceded.

However, Google’s own website showing which neighborhoods (I’m sorry, “fiberhoods”) were signing up for the service on Thursday and early Friday showed a predictable pattern:The more educated, middle- to upper-income neighborhoods in southwest KC and in midtown were signing up for first crack at the service.

Meanwhile, the neighborhoods without as many computers and without the income to afford the $70 or $120 proposed monthly charges for Google Fiber were signing up at far slower rates

Yeah, EPON equipment is not cheap. I wonder how they are making up the build cost with the $300 fee for free users. It says for 1 year, then I wonder if you have to pick a service.

ROFL.


Like clockwork : )

They just show it priced out that way. If you read the fine print it says free service guaranteed for 7 years.

I have no idea how they are going to make money off that pricing model. Maybe I should buy stock in motorola if this starts picking up.

one thought is that they use their strength in data-mining and track your internet use to hand tailor advertising to you. I mean, they can already track what you "google", now they can follow you everywhere. What you shop online for, where you go for certain items. There is no end.

That was what I was talking about. A single optical concentrator card can run over $125K. The cost of fiber has dropped dramatically. When I first started engineering it, a 6 strand, single mode cable was about $2.45 a foot. The last time I looked, 48 strand was less than a dollar a foot. Multi mode is a little more.

They aren't making money on the pricing model. Remember, Google made its fortune on ad revenue.

Once they get a significant market share, they can leverage their position in the market any number of ways.

You're taking the narrow view.

The free option is brilliant. People aren't going to change providers unless it's significantly cheaper or significantly better, and as much as people complain about TWC, I don't think a $70/month or $120/month option is going to persuade people to make the switch... Google's "free" option is significantly cheaper than TWC in the long run, it lays down the infrastructure to make money in the area in the future. And unlike TWC's old infrastructure in areas like downtown KCMO (where I've heard from several people that TWC absolutely sucks), Google's infrastructure supports much better service.

TWC may not be losing sleep over the $70/month and $120/month options... at least not right now. However, I'm sure they're shitting their pants when thinking about all of their customers who currently pay $20-$30 month for internet.

Yeah, it's going to cut the legs out from under the other ISPs in the area. How are they going to compete with free?

Also, you can advertise as "Google Fiber Ready" when you want to sell your house. When you discontinue service with a cable modem or DSL, the ISP reclaims the equipment to resell to the next occupant.

$120 for t.v and internet is a pretty good deal.

$70 for internet just isn't going to appeal to the average person

only the heavy internet users are going to go for it. The rich people with more money they they need with get it just for kicks, of course.

$50 would of been a more competitive introductory price imo.

It's not about the speed, it about the price. JMO


the $300/5megs for 7 years is going to be a huge draw though

???

Have you priced ISPs out recently? The going rate for high speed is anywhere from $30-60 ish for the 2-5mbps or so range. Google Fiber is offering ~120mbps for $70. And you think that's not competitive?

He's an idiot.

I wish the free package was more than 5Mbs. I'd be willing to pay more for the construction fee if it was.

Or at least have a package in between the free and $70 a month one. That's a pretty steep jump.

I pay less than $120/month for TWC (even though it's gone up a few times since my initial 12 months was up) and I get about 20-25 megabit down (and 1 megabit up), as well as a sports package... so, hopefully Google's $120/month option includes NHLN, CBS and NBC Sports, etc (I think they're all listed, but not sure if any are premium); or else it would be a tougher decision. I like the service and they were pretty responsive about the couple of issues I've had... and it's not like I need a 1 gigabit internet connection, so even though the geek in me is all " :drool: ", the practical side of me is kind of glad I can sit back and see what others think before it comes to the Northland.

I thought their introductory price would be closer to $50/month, but I like all of the options... if speed matters, $70/month isn't bad for a connection that's 100 times faster. If you just check email and facebook, $25/month for a year and then free for 6 years after that is awesome.

Supposedly there's an ISP in TN that is deploying fiber-to-your-door right now. They charge in the $300-400/mo range. $70 is price-war competitive.

TV channel wise...this is only the starting point. They are working out more deals and the cool thing about the value of all of this is it will only expand.

all the little computer nerds running around here are going to get pissed ... i get it.

The average user can get a 10 meg connection through road runner for 29.99(+extra bullshit) and that speed is all they are going to really need.

unless you have a specific speed need(ie work,nerd joy etc) or you have money to waste the average person isn't going spend $70 a month on internet if they can get it for $30. JMO

I agree with that, even though it's slowly changing with the number of households that are cutting cable. $70/month is a good deal if you want that kind of speed, but I don't think the average customer cares. When I've had issues watching online streams in the past, it's because I was getting something stupid like 0.5mbps.... Google's free option will be more than enough for many people.

LMAO

I'll agree that $70 option isn't for every one. If I were in an area to get it I would either do free or the TV. 1080p uncompressed video(rumors) would be well worth it just for the TV, the gigabit internet would be icing.

Absolutely. The average user doesn't need more than 8-10 mbps speed and, even if $20 more for that kind of speed is technically a fantastic deal, it will be hard for a lot of people to justify. I have a feeling that Google pushed the price on the internet-only plan up a bit in order to get people into the internet + TV plan. That plan would be much easier to justify judging by what people are paying TWC for their bundled services.

The internet option looks awesome. I work from home and use a VPN connection, so the speed increase would be HUGE for me. I need upload speeds at a much higher rate because of our VPN client.

TV option is not very attractive right now. They need to include HBO, ESPN, Fox Sports, etc. in that package to make it something I'll look at. My Time Warner TV service is excellent. It's just their internet that is lacking (especially in my neighborhood).

one could really stream some high quality sports action with that upspeed, hint hint :)
just in time too

Well... the thing about that though... That 10MB connection through Road Runner jumps in price to $59.99 after that first 12 month promotion period. And that price has went up every year for the last few years. I know because that's exactly the plan I have, and my bill is $63/month for standard internet only.

So after that first year of TW, you're only looking at an extra $10 difference between TW's 10MB connection and Google's 1000MB connection. And TW's price is sure to raise more in another year.

TW even words it so they can raise the price however much they want after that 12 month promotion. They won't even quote you what the "Standard rate" will be once your promotion is over. They simply say "After the promotional period ends, you will be charged the standard rate that is in effect at that time. We suggest you contact your local office at the end of your promotional period." What kind of shitty business is that?

Considering Google's prices, and the fact that TW has tons of little surcharges and equipment fees that they don't include in their quotes, Google's prices are more than competitive...

I would be all over the free option at $300 for one year. I only get 6mb now so dropping to 5 wouldn't even be an issue for me.

It says on their website a $300 construction fee with free service guaranteed for at least 7 years.

So, is that $300 per year, or $300 total? I could see either being something you, and a lot of people, being interested in.

$300 total. It is a steal and the average user should be jumping all over that. Especially since they are letting you pay it at $25 per month for 12 months.

The video, plus the comment makes this funny.


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Hilarious, inadvertent endorsement from AT&T. This video paused to load several times while connected to my AT&T DSL line. I'm convinced...where do I sign?!?!

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My thoughts exactly. $300 for 7 years is $3.57/month....that's crazy.

well i've been with TW for a long time(10+years) and my 10mb Road Runner month-to-month is a base 29.99 with a total of 36.99 after all the taxes and shit.

in fact, i think 5 bucks of that extra stuff is because i recently dropped the rest of Time Warner. so they charge me extra for keeping RR. It's 29.99 + 5 dollar rental to TW + tax.

so you're doing something wrong

I could be wrong but I think google is 1 Gigabit/s = 125 Megabyte/s.

Today's internet speeds are measured in Megabits / second. Your math is correct but there is no reason to measure the speed in Megabytes.

Ah, he posted MB so that confused me. Is he really paying $60 for 10 Mps?

Er, ok I guess he is. I have FIOS and I just tested my internet speed at 15 Mbs. It's hard to imagine 80x faster than what I have now.

That is what makes what google is doing so revolutionary.

Realistically, your own computer (and possibly the connection of the server on the other end) will be the bottleneck. That kind of speed for consumers is just plain unheard of.

I've been crunching the numbers and I just don't see how I can utilize that kind of bandwidth presently. Wireless G tops out at around 20mbps, N at around 70mbps. I could run a drop to my media center [where most of my bandwidth gets used] but my media center PC does not have a gigabit NIC. So at best I could utilize maybe 1/10th of the pipe at any given time.

I'm wondering if the 5mbps circuit might be the better option.

FYI....

Live in an apartment and want Google Fiber? Does Google not recognize your address to complete the registration form?

Here's how to get it:

I called up Google spokeswoman Jenna Wandres, who told me that the manager of my apartment complex would have to fill out a form to get into Fiber consideration. This form. You'll want to send the link to your apartment complex or condo manager, too, if you want Fiber.

"We're encouraging residents to talk to their landlords first, and tell them that they're interested in having Google Fiber for their apartment building," Wandres said. "Then the landlord can get in touch with us online and ask us to build to the building."

So downtown apartment dwellers, if you want Fiber, talk to your landlords and send 'em that link.

http://support.google.com/fiber/bin/...e=mdu_interest