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Google Announces Plans, Pricing For Kansas City Fiber Network

Kiyyik writes "Google just announced the details behind their inaugural fiber optic service in Kansas City. They're doing a set of packages including $120/month for tv plus internet, $75/month for internet alone, and regular 'conventional' internet for a one time $300 fee. Rollouts are starting in the central areas and will work their way out on a demand basis: at least ten percent of a neighborhood must sign up for the service before Google will come in and start hanging fiber." Update: 07/26 22:04 GMT by T : Nick Kolakowski points out at GeekNet's Slash Cloud that this Google will probably hinge future developments on how well the Kansas City push works.

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  1. I'm going to... by alphatel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Kansas City, Kansas City here I come.
    They got some crazy strands of fiber there and I'm a gonna get me some!

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  2. Re:Unusual Pricing by Trashcan+Romeo · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can't put a price on faster porn.

  3. Re:Unusual Pricing by Whatanut · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, sure. $70/month isn't bad at all. But $75!? Come on! That's an outrage!

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  4. Re:For some reason by DocSavage64109 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You'd think someone who's so adamant about RAID terminology wouldn't be complaining about redundancy.