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Google to Announce Fiber for Austin Next Week, Rest of Us Feel Left Out

Tim April 5, 2013 61

Oh my goodness. Looks as though the time has come for Google's gigabit Internet service, Fiber to finally expand beyond its small realm of Kansas City. It's about time, Google! According to a statement, the city of Austin, Texas and Google have a very...

Google Posts Fiber App to Google Play, Won’t Let You Play With It Unless You Have Fiber

Eric March 15, 2013 40

As much as we'd all like to have Google's Fiber internet and TV service in our homes, only the lucky few that live in the suburbs of Kansas City get to have it. However, it would seem that Google wants to tease the rest of us by releasing the Google Fiber app...

Netflix Ranks ISP Speeds, Google Fiber Beats Out Comcast and Verizon’s FiOS

Tim December 11, 2012 47

Not that this is a total shocker and given that Google Fiber currently only serves a single city, Netflix has ranked America's Internet service providers based on their average streaming speeds. Currently, Fiber outperforms all of America's other offerings...

Full U.S. Roll Out of Google Fiber Would Cost Google $140 Billion

Tim December 7, 2012 101

According to Goldman Sachs, the best estimate for how much it would cost Google to have a complete Google Fiber roll out to the United States would cost roughly $140 billion. That's $140,000,000,000. That's a lot of zeros. Technically, Google's yearly budget...

Google to Create Own Wireless Service in Partnership With Dish?

Kellen November 16, 2012 174

According to the Wall Street Journal, Dish Network is looking to build out its own wireless service thanks to spectrum that it acquired back in 2008. While it has talked to multiple potential partners, one of them should get you excited - Google. A source...

Google Fiber Goes Live in Kansas City, Delivering 700Mbps Downloads On Day One

Tim November 14, 2012 85

It's a beautiful day in the Fiberhood, it's a beautiful day for Fiber! Yesterday, Google flipped the switch on Google Fiber in Kansas City, Kansas. Needless to say, the DL offices are in the middle of packing and getting ready to move on out for the crazy high...

Google Announces Google Fiber, the Next Chapter of the Internet

Tim July 26, 2012 137

Today, Google announced Google Fiber for Kansas City. Google Fiber is the "journey to bring ultra-high speed Internet to Kansas City." With 1Gbps up/down data speeds, which is over 100 times faster than America's average broadband connection, Google is setting...