Somebody's gotta have the inside scoop on Google Fiber launching tomorrow..??

[DRU]

https://fiber.google.com/savethedate/

Live broadcast over YouTube tomorrow. Anybody have any early news on this? Will it be available all over the Metro? How long will the waiting list be?

Anybody know anything? I'm impatient.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by kstater

Giggity. Nearly two years after signing up and paying the deposit, install done today. Time Warner told to shove it.

It took 4 transfers before they found somebody who could cancel service in Missouri.

But all things being equal, had Time Warner upped to 300Mbps (up and down), and matched GF's rates, I'd have stayed.

I know some of it was familiarity with ther setup, but beyond the raw sppeds I check every morning, I'm not sure I've seen anything with GF that's leaps and bounds better than TWC. Add to it that 99% of what I do on the Internet never touches more than 100Mbps, I'm not sure GF's speed shows beyand that every-morning speed test. Hell, they had freebe upgraded us to 60Mbps (when it was evident that GF was coming), and the things I do on the Internet were as good at that point as they are now with GF. And I telework at least 4 days a week, so I use me some Internet and VPN. And not offering a hard phone, while solved with Ooma, still took all the getting Ooma too. So there's that.

So I love the speed, but we all know that few things on the Internet can use those speeds today. Beyond that the picture isn't any better, the PC-based offer sucks by comparison, the away from home experience isn't even a possibility with GF (not that it was killer with TWC, but there was something!), and the interface is going to take some getting used to.

I guess I'm just trying to be honest and not put too much weight on the Gig aspect (since it's hard to really use functionally).

Oh, and no picture-in-a-picture! LOL!

[penguinz]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

It took 4 transfers before they found somebody who could cancel service in Missouri.

But all things being equal, had Time Warner upped to 300Mbps (up and down), and matched GF's rates, I'd have stayed.

I know some of it was familiarity with ther setup, but beyond the raw sppeds I check every morning, I'm not sure I've seen anything with GF that's leaps and bounds better than TWC. Add to it that 99% of what I do on the Internet never touches more than 100Mbps, I'm not sure GF's speed shows beyand that every-morning speed test. Hell, they had freebe upgraded us to 60Mbps (when it was evident that GF was coming), and the things I do on the Internet were as good at that point as they are now with GF. And I telework at least 4 days a week, so I use me some Internet and VPN. And not offering a hard phone, while solved with Ooma, still took all the getting Ooma too. So there's that.

So I love the speed, but we all know that few things on the Internet can use those speeds today. Beyond that the picture isn't any better, the PC-based offer sucks by comparison, the away from home experience isn't even a possibility with GF (not that it was killer with TWC, but there was something!), and the interface is going to take some getting used to.

I guess I'm just trying to be honest and not put too much weight on the Gig aspect (since it's hard to really use functionally).

Oh, and no picture-in-a-picture! LOL!

GD... Are they still providing the Nexus Tablet with the install?

Box was installed and terminated on the house over the weekend so should be able to schedule install soon!

[Sully]

Installed coming Friday. Internet and cable.

[Dr. Gigglepants]

No tablet, but the app is good, just get that on your phone and you can do a lot. Set DVR from anywhere, watch TV if you're on your home network, probably more that I don't really need or know about
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[Valiant]

Originally Posted by BWillie

They have a completely free option if you pay the $300 construction fee, but it's not very fast.

Uhh? It is faster than anything TW offers. And the fact that it is free for 7 years after you pay 300 is even better.

[Valiant]

Originally Posted by Sully

Box got put on the house 3 days ago. Getting close.

Mine got pushed back 3 months last year.Took about 2 months after they put the box in the yard to get the appointment in.


Once you get it though, it is great.

[kepp]

Originally Posted by Valiant

Uhh? It is faster than anything TW offers. And the fact that it is free for 7 years after you pay 300 is even better.

Unless it has changed since I first had my install, the "free for 7 years" option is 5mb down, 1mb up.

[Valiant]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

AT&T just started offering Gigapower in my area for roughly Googles price

$70 a month for 1gig internet. Or $120 a month for tv and 1gig internet combined.
Anyone have it?

That is good of them, I would ask about their latency guarantee or what latency numbers they have for that package.

[Valiant]

Originally Posted by kepp

Unless it has changed since I first had my install, the "free for 7 years" option is 5mb down, 1mb up.

It is more of a latency thing, it is under 5ms always. Time warner is usually 80ms at their best.

[kepp]

Originally Posted by Valiant

That is good of them, I would ask about their latency guarantee or what latency numbers they have for that package.

And usage caps.

[Valiant]

Originally Posted by kstater

Giggity. Nearly two years after signing up and paying the deposit, install done today. Time Warner told to shove it.

Have you been to the TW store yet to return your boxes. I have never seen such poor sports. They literally shit talked on google out loud, and told other customers their speeds were a lie.

The only thing I do not like about them is no AMC yet, and their on demand window I do not like how it functions. I am sure I am missing something though on making it more difficult to use.

[Valiant]

Originally Posted by kepp

And usage caps.

Not sure about any caps.

https://fiber.google.com/cities/kansascity/plans/

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by penguinz

GD... Are they still providing the Nexus Tablet with the install?

Box was installed and terminated on the house over the weekend so should be able to schedule install soon!

They did not. And they would only run one cable too. I think others reported that when theirs was installed they got the tablet and the installer would pretty-much run as many drops as they wanted.

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by Mr. Laz

They updated the installation map.

central joco under construction now
West joco sign up by Nov 19th
entire eastern side of joco bumped to 2016

Leawood bumped to never. Mother****ers.

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by Sully

Installed coming Friday. Internet and cable.

Can I come live with you?