Hey, just be happy you guys have a 54th Street. Baby steps.

That's what Google would like. Their goal is for you to have a device in your hand at all times connected to the internet. Their profit doesn't come from connecting you, but instead from having you connected.

I'd say stay tuned for more from this department.

worthless bastards skipped overland park and went on to Olathe

:cuss:

Olathe already has fiber ran in all the new developments. I wouldn't worry about this, just a way for google to make money quick.

awesome! suck it TimeWartner!!

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

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Better weather to get things set up there, ya know.

would it be considered Ironic that this video lags while streaming or just sad?

I'm guessing there was probably an incentive by Olathe or the OP government had too many demands.

It makes no sense otherwise. Overland Park should be their moneymaker. The place they go to to recoup the losses of running fiber in the inner city where their saturation will be lower.

Also they're hiring for installers, trying to find out if it's actually Google or a third party company.

its a third party. i have the contact info if anyone wants it, pm me. i already got one friend hired. pays $16-$18/hr starting.

Tuesday big Austin announcement coming.. may be that Austin will be the next Google Fiber city!

St. George, Kansas will soon have a communications infrastructure that will be the envy of people in the largest metro areas. Wamego Telecommunications Co., Inc. (WTC) has announced plans to build fiber technology to the city of St. George and the surrounding area, resulting in St. George having one of the world’s few 100% Fiber-To-The-Premise (FTTP) communication systems. In addition to Wamego and St. Marys, the St. George area will be among the privileged 10% of the nation to enjoy the amazing benefits of FTTP – state-of-the-art digital television service, high-speed Internet and phone service over a fiber network with virtually limitless capacity. WTC will begin construction in the spring of 2013 and will complete construction by the fall.



Because the bandwidth capabilities of FTTP are unlimited, WTC will be able to offer Internet speeds up to 15MB and will be able to provide over 100MB to each doorstep. FTTP will also bring new options for television service. “We will be able to offer St. George residents the best possible entertainment experience through advanced digital television services including Hi-Def, instant movie rentals through Video on Demand, Hi-Def Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) and more,” stated Jeff Wick, WTC’s General Manager. “Our decision to bring FTTP to the St. George community and surrounding area is part of our overall plan to replace our current infrastructure with technology that will meet the needs of our customers, both now and in the future.”



According to Wick, the initial construction phase will include the free installation of a Network Interface Device (NID), and fiber connection to that NID, on the outside of all homes and businesses. The NID will allow WTC to connect its fiber system to the telephone, Internet and television jacks inside a home or business.

Yep, they couldn't get through all the red tape to install in Overland Park so they are bailing out and heading to Texas

ughhhh i want

Me TOO.