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Google Fiber Comes To Kansas City

Posted by samzenpus on from the we-have-a-winner dept.

tekgoblin writes "Remember the campaign Google announced a long while back to bring fiber to your front door? Well, it looks like they are making some actual progress now and launching part of the network in Kansas City, Kansas. The city of Topeka had actually temporarily renamed itself Google, Kansas, the capital city of fiber optics, in a move to get Google to lay fiber there. It seems to have worked, because a deal has just been signed to roll out fiber in the city, which should be available to everyone in the area by 2012."

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  1. We're not in Kansas anymore by GameboyRMH · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can tell because the connection is slow :-(

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    1. Re:We're not in Kansas anymore by RooftopActivity · · Score: 3, Funny

      Just follow the yellow cable!

    2. Re:We're not in Kansas anymore by JTsyo · · Score: 4, Funny

      What are you talking about? They already have 4G wireless. 4G!!!!

  2. Google Dungeon by Ancantus · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have renamed my moms basement to Google's Dungeon. Can I get Google Fiber there?

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  3. Re:Topeka by TaoPhoenix · · Score: 3, Funny

    Learn the history of civil rights!

    Topeka the court decision "Brown vs. the Board of Education of Google, Kansas"

    Oops - no Topeka results found.

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  4. Google TiSP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This should help:

    Google TiSP

  5. Re:What? by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 1, Funny

    Geography, Americans suck at it.

    To be fair, knowing the difference between Topeka and Kansas City is like knowing the difference between the various Zune devices.

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  6. Re:What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Togapi would have been cuter. :3

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  7. Re:What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    How do you know how Topeka is named now? Maybe Topeka renamed itself Kansas City.