Google Fiber is Live in Kansas City, with real world speeds @ 700Mbs.

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<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Google Fiber is being installed all over Kansa City right now and people are so happy about the blazing fast speed that they've posted pictures of their speed tests. It's ridiculous. People with Google Fiber can expect 700 Mbps down on ethernet and about 200 Mbps down on Wi-Fi. That's ISP heaven on Earth.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<a href="http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/11/google-fiber-is-live-in-kansas-city-real-world-speeds-at-700-mbps/" target="_blank">http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/11/go...ds-at-700-mbps/</a>


Moving to Kansas.

Get this? 69.99$ a month. No cap.
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  • MonkfishMonkfish Sonic-boom-inducing buttcheeks of terrifying speed&#33; Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16972Members
    Now there's about half a reason to ever live in Kansas!
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    If it weren't Google, I'd be cheering. Google worries me. They're not quite facebook in terms of data-hoarding and -selling, but their "don't be evil" slogan started to ring hollow when they gleefully censored themselves for China.
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  • That_Annoying_KidThat_Annoying_Kid Sire of Titles Join Date: 2003-03-01 Member: 14175Members, Constellation
    yeah Both Larry and Serge have PhD's in mining massive amounts of data, and now own a company that gets reams and reams of it



    my city tried really really hard to get the fiber network


    also F**** KC they killed the cuddy
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  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    Kansas City is in Missouri, FYI...
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    There's also a Kansas City in Kansas. Yes, it's confusing.
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  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    KC K is actually a suburb of KC MO.
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  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    edited November 2012
    As a resident of KCMO who lives three blocks from the nearest Fiberhood, paying $20 more each month to Time-Warner still for speeds roughly 1/33rd that of GFiber is absolutely maddening.
    Looking forward to the upcoming expanded range they're already promising, though the local ISPs are already overcharging the customers who can't get fiber, and offering deep discounts to the ones in fiber-enabled areas.

    Quite thankful that the KCK power company finally stopped holding up the rollout though. If the jerks hadn't decided to be ***holes about power pole usage, it would have been live more than a year ago, apparently.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--quoteo(post=2023518:date=Nov 14 2012, 02:59 PM:name=Caboose)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Caboose @ Nov 14 2012, 02:59 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2023518"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->KC K is actually a suburb of KC MO.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    But you admit it's in Kansas.
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  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=2024195:date=Nov 14 2012, 11:59 PM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TychoCelchuuu @ Nov 14 2012, 11:59 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2024195"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->But you admit it's in Kansas.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I admit nothing is in Kansas.
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  • LofungLofung Join Date: 2004-08-21 Member: 30757Members
    to be honest, while this seem absolutely eye-opening, i just do not see the use of such high speeds. except if you could lower the ping connect across the planet or actually increase public bandwidth..
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  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    <!--quoteo(post=2026512:date=Nov 17 2012, 01:50 PM:name=Lofung)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lofung @ Nov 17 2012, 01:50 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2026512"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->to be honest, while this seem absolutely eye-opening, i just do not see the use of such high speeds. except if you could lower the ping connect across the planet or actually increase public bandwidth..<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    "64kB of RAM is more than enough for anyone."

    Seriously, how amazingly near-sighted. With a little bit more processing power and this much bandwidth, onlive or something similar would actually be possible. That's just scratching the surface of the possibilities.

    --Scythe--
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  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    Seriously. With this, realtime cloud-renderfarm-based gaming could be a realistic possibility (given the almost guaranteed bandwidth available). Likewise, streaming HD movies via online services in actual 1080p. Heck, with that kind of bandwidth, streaming 1080p-3D movies. Or higher, given the TV market has finally started to join the push for even higher resolutions. Not to mention actually being able to watch different shows on multiple TVs without buffering or blocking issues, or worrying about your VoIP phone failing to receive a call.

    Games available almost instantly (as shown from the download graph up top). High-quality music on demand. And that's just freeing up the existing bandwidth-choked services that already exist, and scaling them up. Once it gets wider adoption? The applications will just increase.

    Just like any resource requiring infrastructure to make available.. gasoline, compressed natural gas, hydrogen cells... it starts out small, and needs someone to take the first step. But it ends up snowballing into something that carries us all forward. I really can't wait. :)
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