they  picked  the Kansas City , Kansas  area  as the  city  has  control  of all  of the  utilities  and  they only  have to deal  with one   part  in putting  in the  fiber optics in  the  area . 
 most  of the  cities  that put  in a bid  to get  this  first  did not  have  this. 
 but  the  cost  of  cable  tv and internet  together will  be $120  per month  which  is  about half  of  regular  cable  services , so I am going  with  Google  you  do have  to sign a 2 year  contract  , but  regular  cable  is always  raising  their  prices , you get the  good  deal  for a short  time  than  they hit  you with  a higher  price .
Terrie 

On Oct 25, 2013, at 7:16 AM, Mike Pietruk <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Before folks get excited about all this: our town was interested in this 
Google test project (I doubt if Google was interested in us, however) 
<grin>!!

My son, who is into technology and computers, raised several points from 
the standpoint of individual users.
For the individual, for this faster internet access to work to its full 
potential, several other things are necessary.
you must have a cablemodem capable of handling athe speed of this speedier 
internet connection; or you will otherwise still have internet at the 
speed you are used to.
Google, as part of the roll-out, will likely sell or rent these.
Next, your router must be able to deliver the speed.
Next, your wifi card or ethernet connection (including connecting cable) 
must be rated for the higher speed.
And there may be limitations in your pc which may prevent delivery of the 
net at the top speeds.
So, make certain that you are willing to make the investment on your end.
And what is this supposed to cost the end user on a monthly basis?

Hopefully, the Google project will be successful.  But users will also 
have to do some things on their end namely having equipment capable of 
receiving the higher speeds.




He who sings his own praise is usually off key.
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> On Fri, 25 Oct 2013, From Jared The Cone Dog wrote:
> 
> I live  in the  Metro  Kansas City  Area  , as this  covers  Kansas City  , Kansas , and Missouri , various  cities  in Johnson  county, Overland Prk, Lenxa, Lee Wood, Prairieville bleach, Shawnee Mission, and Mission Kansas 
> The  wounderful thing  is that the  internet  will  be   the average  cable  network is 50 megs  , less  if you haave a lot  of people  on it , Google  is 1  
> 
> On Oct 25, 2013, at 6:02 AM, Jeff Kenyon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Where are you located? What advantages will you have with this new provider from Google?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 23, 2013, at 6:58 PM, From Jared The Cone Dog <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> 
>>  Yesterday  Google  came  down my street  and  put up  wiring out side  of my home  to  put  in  Google  fiber  as  our internet  provider  , I did not  think it would  be this soon  this is why cool 
>> Terrie 
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> So you can  see  why  I am so  happy  for  this to come my way 
> you can  pay $300  to  have  the  wiring  install to your house this gives you seven years of free Internet service with Google or you can sign up for the cable Internet package which is the hundred and $20 a month and they give you a Google tablet the netbook or I forget netbook seven which they give you with the package so the tablet is $300 value so that's way coo
> they  have 260  channels  on the  cable  , so there  is something  for  everyone .
> you can have  up to  four  TVs  in your  home. 
> this service  is comming  to  provo uta h  or Houston  Texas , and  who knows  where  it will go  from  there.
> Terrie Arnold Rg
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