I hate you all.

Yea, since I'm inside 'City of California' they still aren't giving us a hookup times yet.

Are you on gigabit? I know they have 100mb for current subscribers, didnt realize the gigabit was already going.

****ing 1000mbps wow. I envy you guys in google territory.

for now~

No. You don't envy them. You hate them. You hate them with every fiber of your.... Ok, we are envious.

THIS!

I wants my gigabit!!!!!

Btw, I bumped into a guy that was staying out here in Overland Park and he said they were starting to install out here very soon. He relocated here to be
in charge of the operation.

We are on the 100mb.

THIS

That 1 ms ping is sexy lol. Insane. I barely get 57 with Comcast. Still not bad bit I don't get that 1ms ping. So awesome for fighting games.

Not as good as Google fiber of course, but Comcast now has 250Mbit connections in Kansas City. I just got mine upgraded today.

<a href="http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3145105466"><img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/3145105466.png" /></a>

Got a postcard in the mail the other day....Google Fiber in our neighborhood by March! Can't wait! They are working around in the neighborhood putting fiber down, hopefully the winter will be mild and they can get done sooner!

Gigabit internet service is just silly.

I think the word you are looking for is awesome!

No, it's definitely silly.

Why?

What are you going to do with that much bandwidth? The average home user can't adequately use 100Mb, let alone 1000.

It's a cyber dick measuring contest and that's about it.

I ran through 20mb easily. I used Google fiber downloaded 10 cds in 10 mins.

All you've done is moved your bottleneck somewhere else.

It's pretty useful if you're slinging huge HD video files.

Still waiting on my install. Grumble.

I'm in kcmo but right up the street from metro North mall, I wish they would hurry up and get Google fiber here.

I've had it for about 6 months now.

Things I am able to do:

- Stream wireless video content to multiple devices (TV, computer, tablet, phone) at the same time
- Watch said video with no lag or freezing
- Get crystal clear, sharp TV
- Get reliable, modern service (Time Warner cable's tech in Brookside is awful and was constantly failing)
- Run my work-from-home office with much less of a bottleneck than I previously did. A lot is made of the 1 gig download speed, but the 300 megabit upload speed is a godsend to ANYONE who has to connect remotely to a network through VPN (since your D/L through VPN is limited to your upload speed). I throw around huge files (PowerPoint, Word, image) all day. This makes a big difference.
- Run online multiplayer games with no lag on my end

Had my first service call yesterday... mouse chewed on some of the fiber cable outside the house and flattened it/interrupted the signal.

Kid was professional and awesome. They also have a "minimal permanent install" policy which I find nice. They try to avoid drilling holes in your home as much as possible, which is pretty sweet.

LOL... Kansas, or should I say the rich campaign contributors of Kansas law makers, are so butthurt about free Google Fiber, that they're trying to pass legislation to prevent Google Fiber from being implemented in any other Kansas town.

Kansas Legislature Wants To Stop Any Other Kansas Cities From Getting Google Fiber

The Kansas state legislature is currently considering a bill that would prohibit municipalities in that state from building out their own municipal broadband networks. Completely coincidentally of course we’re sure, Kansas City is home to the country’s first Google Fiber municipal network.
The bill, called the “municipal communications network and private telecommunications investment safeguards act,” has as its stated goals to:

• Ensure that video, telecommunications and broadband services are provided through fair competition … in order to provide the widest possible diversity of sources of information, news and entertainment to the general public
• Encourage the development and widespread use of technological advances in providing video, telecommunications and broadband services at competitive rates
• Ensure that video, telecommunications and broadband services are each provided within a consistent, comprehensive and nondiscriminatory federal, state and local government framework

To that supposed end of increased competition and innovation in the broadband marketplace, the bill (PDF) specifies:

Except with regard to unserved areas, a municipality may not, directly or indirectly:

(1) Offer to provide to one or more subscribers, video, telecommunications or broadband service; or
(2) purchase, lease, construct, maintain or operate any facility for the purpose of enabling a private business or entity to offer, provide, carry, or deliver video, telecommunications or broadband service to one or more subscribers.

The exemption for “unserved areas” isn’t much of an exemption. Rather than being for underserved areas, where competition and increased speeds would still be very welcomed, the exemption for unserved areas has a very specific and limited definition. An unserved area is “one or more contiguous census blocks within the legal boundaries of a municipality” where 9 out of 10 households don’t have access to fixed broadband, mobile broadband, or satellite broadband at the “minimum transmission speed” defined by the FCC–currently a download speed of 3 Mbps.

The proposed law would not apply retroactively to existing networks, meaning that Kansas City would be allowed to keep its Google Fiber, but that no other city in the state would be able to make the same leap.

Kansas City laid out significant incentives for Google to come hook up their city to a speedy, reliable network. Existing broadband providers like Time Warner Cable did not particularly appreciate Google’s receiving those incentives. Cable companies in general are not exactly fans of municipal networks. And yet the added competition among broadband carriers, or even the specter of it, works out well for consumers.

A law that claims to protect competition by prohibiting competitors from entering the field? That’s an interesting trick. In its very limited expansion so far, municipal fiber doesn’t seem to end competition as much as it seems to increase it.

Other states have attempted similar legislation in recent years; a bill barring municipal broadband in Georgia failed to pass in 2013.

I saw that yesterday and I think that they have it wrong. The bill looks like it will prevent cities from building out their own networks but will still allow private businesses. :shrug:

Either way it does seem kind of dumb. Why would the state care if Wichita wants to provide fiber to everyone?

because competition is bad for the only hog in town.

Congressional lobbying should be done away with.

but then these guys would have less money......

the Committee on Commerce (the ones who introduced the bill): campaign donations from 2012


•Sen. Julia Lynn (R), Chairperson: AT&T ($1,750), Comcast ($1,500), CenturyLink ($1,000);
•Sen. Susan Wagle (R), Vice-Chair: Cox Communications ($1,750), AT&T ($1,500), Kansas Cable Telecommunication Association ($1,250), Comcast ($1,000), CenturyLink ($1,000);
•Sen. Tom Holland (D), Ranking Member: AT&T ($1,000);
•Sen. Pat Apple (R): AT&T ($1,000), Comcast ($1,000), Kansas Cable Telecommunication Association ($250), Time Warner Cable ($250), Verizon ($250), CenturyLink ($250);
•Sen. Jim Denning (R): CenturyLink ($250);
•Sen. Oletha Faust-Goudeau (D): AT&T ($1,000), Cox Communications ($1000), Kansas Cable Telecommunication Association ($250);
•Sen. Jeff Longbine (R): AT&T ($2,000), CenturyLink ($1,750), Cox Communications ($500);
•Sen. Jeff Melcher (R): CenturyLink ($1,000);
•Sen. Robert Olson (R): AT&T ($1,750), Comcast ($1,500), CenturyLink ($1,250), Cox Communications ($750);
•Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook (R): Comcast ($1,000).

absolutely


'buying' votes is NOT a form of free speech, it's a legal form of bribery

While I think this bill is nonsense, I would be curious as to how these figures compare to every other legislator.

Exactly................

probably on par. point being,(as mentioned a moment ago by Kepp) lobbying should be done away with. Since thats not happening EVER.... you need to fight fire with fire. Google has giant coffers and they should use it to counteract this.

Or just hope it never floats or gains any real steam.

still waiting

I can do all of these things with my 30Mbit ethernet connection. The kids watch movies on their tablets or iPods, the MiL streams movies in her bedroom, the wife is on Facebook, and I am working via SSL VPN, all at the same time. I can also use VoIP for work while one of the kids is watching a program from the Sling at a friend's house.

I have almost 60 devices on my network, and any 10 of them might be using media services on the Internet at any given time. All over a 30Mbit connection.

All of the things you listed aren't unique to Google fiber nor do you need 1Gig/300M connections to do what you are doing. Of course, normal cable/DSL can't do these things but it doesn't change the fact that 1Gig is way overkill.

Google gives money to candidates as well.

of course they do. but why attempt legislation now? why not put in a law that says states cant offer tax incentives to bring a business across state lines? of course this would be to ensure the sanctity of free commerce and competition...right?

the hearing on this is slated for Tuesday at 8:30 am. hopefully that will be the end of it.

Future proofing??? :shrug:

I agree on all those points.

Just don't kid yourself, this isn't charity. Google is one of the dirtiest companies in the business.

no worries on that my friend. im not drinking cool-aid with rose colored glasses. i just dont like the sound of the bill is all.

Why should I have a car that goes 85mph when all I need to do is 65mph? I'm on a 250 connection now and I see the benefits over the 25mb connection I had. When I do download something, I have it in 10 minutes rather than an hour. Do I need to have it that quick? No. But if I can why wouldn't I? Especially since my 250mb connection is priced the same as my 25mb connection was.

"They've got a better product than we do, we'd better lobby the government to keep them out for no good reason."

Because at some point, the prevalence of those 250Mb connections will reach the point of diminishing returns, where you're introducing new bottlenecks upstream and affecting the performance of everybody, including yourself.

Bandwidth isn't unlimited.

Even if that is true, why would that make this bill a good thing for the public? You know the government is supposed to work for the good of its citizens right?

I didn't say the bill was good. You've started with a faulty assumption.

Everyone I know with the opportunity to get Google in KCK has signed up. From the full bundle down to the "free" Internet service.

I'd be interested to see the number of customers that have dumped TWC and others. I bet it's significant and the reason for this BS legislation.

If I lived in Kansas, I would be freaking out right now. I'm kind of freaking out anyway. This is just so wrong.

I don't think it has much to do with Kansas other than KCK was chosen as the launching pad for Google fiber. All the other providers have their panties in a wad because they're inefficient behemoths. Step 1: Cry to the legislature.

Wow what a load of crap...so business as usual...whaddya know?

It's Kansas legislature basically outlawing something awesome for the whole rest of the state of Kansas. That's not much to do with Kansas?

Awesome?

It's government-subsidized internet provided by Google.

Make sure that it's clear - Google is not providing a private service. Google is providing a municipal network, in partnership with the city of KCK.

The Kansas bill doesn't prevent Google from installing fiber in other municipalities in KS as a PRIVATE ENTITY. They just can't do it as an agent of any city government or other taxpayer-funded institution.

And 640k is all the memory anyone will ever need too. I remember when I thought a 6mb connection was awesome. Times have changed. Get with it.

ROFL

I didn't say anything about the future. As of right now, 1GE residential Internet service is overkill.

Nice try at changing the argument though.

When I upgraded my Commodore 64 modem from 300 baud to 1200 it was the greatest day ever.

Shouldn't the KS legislature get back to more important business like rewriting science and history in their school curriculum?

So who sponsored this legislation?

Most likely one of the people listed previously...

How is the latency for most people?

Google aims to provide broadband in 34 more cities.

If Google realizes its goal, the company will provide high-speed Internet service in these additional cities: Phoenix; Scottsdale, Ariz.; Tempe, Ariz.; San Jose, Calif.; Santa Clara, Calif.; Sunnyvale, Calif.; its hometown of Mountain View, Calif.; Palo Alto, Calif.; Atlanta; Avondale Estates, Ga.; Brookhaven, Ga.; College Park, Ga.; Decatur, Ga.; East Point, Ga.; Hapeville, Ga.; Sandy Springs, Ga.; Smyrna, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Charlotte, N.C.; Carrboro, Cary, N.C.; Chapel Hill, N.C.; Durham, N.C.; Garner, N.C.; Morrisville, N.C.; Raleigh, N.C.; Portland, Ore.; Beaverton, Ore.; Hillsboro, Ore.; Gresham, Ore.' Lake Oswego, Ore; Tigard, Ore.; San Antonio; and Salt Lake City.

**** google

Hells yea!

It's already too late.

Got some mail from them that basically said "hey, keep waiting bro"

Wheee

New round of sign-ups starting March 11th, including Raytown, South KC, North KC, and Grandview. Looking forward to signing up.

Never coming to Overland Park

It will eventually ... too many houses with an income level worth having


annoying that it may take awhile though

Google basically told OP to **** off. They are going to use OP as an example with their negotiations with cities.

Damnit i'm waiting on blue springs/indep area, Isn't LS getting it now?

I assume that will be atleast another year

google fiber bros are doing shit outside my house today

yea, but they will come back eventually

In fact i'm not sure that was the complete reason.

I also heard rumors that they were having some problems with quality about that time too. They may have wanted to delay adding the OP chunk of customers to give themselves time to fix stuff too.

What makes me mad, is the old ****s in the OP city council know nothing about technology. One of the guys on the council asked google if their internet could run 100 computers at a school. They don't understand how big this technology is for the future of our country. Especially offering it for free to libraries and schools and stuff. Should have been the easiest decision ever.

What a complete and utter fail.

Perhaps they're letting OP serve as an example to other cities that may want to nitpick and drag their feet.

Hilarious that Overland Park is controlled by a gang of luddites. Buffon's.

One has to wonder how SPRINT plays into it too.

Has nothing to do with Sprint.

Well that makes the city a special kind of dumb. I would have bought something SPRINT related...

One day left. Hoping to sign up tomorrow!

Getting it installed March 19. WOOHOO!

Signups are live for the expansion: https://fiber.google.com/cities/kansascity/

Got my pre-signup done, but it's showing 50+ still necessary for my neighborhood. Sure hope we make it. I'll be sick of they're installing all around me and I can't have it.

YES!! My neighborhood is finally open to sign up!

Signed up as well. Need 38 in my "fiberhood", but in the last couple of hours the number has dropped to 33....if four to five households sign up per day, should have no trouble getting enough by the April 10th deadline (knock on wood)

That site says Johnson County - 2014. I was under the impression that it would likely be 2015 before Shawnee saw Google Fiber trucks. How quickly have people had it installed from the time sign-ups began? Is there a one month lag? Six months?