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

    and as a non-Kansas City resident I would like to say "I hope you choke on your gigabit... that glorious wonderfull gigabit..."

  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.

  4. Re:I can't wait by Shatrat · · Score: 5, Informative

    You're correct. I work in this industry.
    UG fiber is several times more expensive per mile than Aerial fiber. It's somewhat less vulnerable to cuts, but much more difficult to locate and repair those cuts when they happen (especially rat chews or horizontal boring damage) so it's a bit of a wash really.

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  5. Re:Google by peragrin · · Score: 5, Informative

    Most likely not. However google is laying fiber where AT&T won't even update its breaking copper in most cities.

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  6. Re:My wasted youth by localman57 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Reading Comprehension Question #22:

    Based on the paragraph above, interkin3tic had:

    A. AOL Dialup
    B. A pager
    C. Both AOL Dialup and a Pager
    D. Neither AOL Dialup or a Pager