While a few paid (by Microsoft and AT&T) pundits like Scott Cleland have insisted demand won’t be there for Google Fiber, a new survey unsurprisingly finds that Kansas City locals are thrilled about the possibility of symmetrical 1 Gbps for $70. According to a new survey by Ideas & Solutions! Inc., 60% of those who qualify are very interested in obtaining Google Fiber. The company’s studies showed that Google Fiber surpassed broadband incumbents on 11 [...]

LOS ANGELES — Google’s brand recognition, along with the prospect of higher Internet speeds, has enticed 30 percent of possible subscribers in its Kansas City metro area footprint, coined “fiberhoods,” to pay a $10 pre-registration fee, according to original research from Ideas & Solutions! Inc., a consultancy that specializes in guiding media and technology companies. In addition to those pre-registrants, the “Google Fiber Matters: Consumer Demand Study” found another 30 percent of the qualified population [...]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — Google Fiber announced the next five neighborhoods chosen for fiber installation as part of its Kansas City 1 Gbps buildout. Google chose the new “fiberhoods” based on pre-registration numbers. Installation will begin in early 2013. The neighborhoods are: Piper Schools Delaware Ridge Painted Hills Open Door Arrowhead Additionally, Google has extended a few fiberhood boundaries slightly to allow more people access to the network. Bookmark It

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — Google Fiber announced the next five neighborhoods chosen for fiber installation as part of its Kansas City 1 Gbps buildout. Google chose the new “fiberhoods” based on pre-registration numbers. Installation will begin in early 2013. The neighborhoods are: Piper Schools Delaware Ridge Painted Hills Open Door Arrowhead Additionally, Google has extended a few fiberhood boundaries slightly to allow more people access to the network. Bookmark It

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — Google Fiber announced the next five neighborhoods chosen for fiber installation as part of its Kansas City 1 Gbps buildout. Google chose the new “fiberhoods” based on pre-registration numbers. Installation will begin in early 2013. The neighborhoods are: Piper Schools Delaware Ridge Painted Hills Open Door Arrowhead Additionally, Google has extended a few fiberhood boundaries slightly to allow more people access to the network. Bookmark It

Kansa City, KS – Google announced that, after months of building its new fiber infrastructure as part of its Kansas City fiber initiative, it is now starting to connect homes. The company has informed Kansas City residents that home connection installations will take place in two stages. First, fiber from the street will be pulled to the side of each house. Then customers will be contacted to schedule the in-home installation. Google is also circulating [...]

Residents of Kansas City are closely tracking Google’s deployment of fiber services, Google only having recently lighting up its second neighborhood in the area. Smaller businesses are relocating to the areas that are first to get the symmetrical 1 Gbps services, impacting property values despite the fact that the services have barely gotten off the ground. “It just makes life easier,” the CEO of one relocating startup tells the Kansas City Business Journal. The $70 [...]

Time Warner Cable says they’re not worried about Google Fiber and the company’s $70 symmetrical 1 Gbps fiber offering, despite the fact the speeds dwarf Time Warner Cable’s fastest offering (50 Mbps). “We’re talking about less than 1 percent of our national subs at risk of this eighth competitor coming in,” insists CTO Irene Esteves. Google Fiber would pose a very real threat if the service went nationally, but Esteves doesn’t see that happening. “We [...]

Time Warner Cable is one of many U.S. ISPs that has, for too long, beneffitted from little to no real competition in many of its markets. The result is an ISP that tries just hard enough to keep up appearances, but which has been sluggish on system upgrades while usually refusing to seriously compete on price. Now that Google Fiber has entered one of their markets in Kansas City, Time Warner Cable has already been [...]

Google Fiber in Kansas City isn’t even up and running yet, but the company says they’re already targeting areas for expansion of the project. According to a post at the company blog, the company is now planning to install Google Fiber in the cities of Westwood, Westwood Hills and Mission Woods, Kansas — provided Google sees approval from city councils. “To be clear, this does not change the construction schedule for eligible homes in Kansas [...]