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Google Starts Running Fiber In Kansas City

Posted by samzenpus on from the lets-get-it-started-in-here dept.

New submitter Kiyyik writes "After weeks of wrangling over shared space on utility poles, Google and the KC Board of Public Utilities have gotten their act together and Google is starting to wire Kansas City, Kansas today. They will be paying attachment fees and hanging the fiber optic lines in the space on the poles reserved for telecommunications. The Kansas City, Missouri side is still on track to begin a few months behind the Kansas side."

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  1. Re:Google by petteyg359 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They'll be a better overlord than AT&T...

  2. Still a bit confused... by Darkness404 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Really though, I'm still a bit confused with how Kansas City managed to get Google's fiber optic cables when really it was Topeka that should have been chosen...

    Either way, a good development that should help the KC area get more technology companies and make it a bit more livable.

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    1. Re:Still a bit confused... by icebike · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Square miles is square miles. You don't run everything that big from a single backbone location.

      Building in two cities in two different states brings in not just the regulation of two states but also the federal government regs.
      Its a perfect storm of red tape. If the project survives this it could be replicated anywhere, even in the People's Republic of Santa Monica. This is as much of an experiment for Google as any thing else.

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  3. Re:I can't wait by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You mean just like every other ISP on Earth? Who cares you chucklefuck.