Does Kansas City own the business of broadband?
Studying the more than 150 successful community broadband networks (see map), and listening to mayors of cities that are driving significant innovations with broadband, a serious question comes to mind. Has Kansas City taken full ownership of the business of broadband? Communities nationwide with broadband hopes [...] full story 
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Google adds another city to fiber service rollout
Google has added Olathe in Kansas to the cities where it will roll out its high-speed broadband network called Google Fiber. The company is also rolling out the network in Kansas City, Missouri, and neighboring Kansas City, Kansas, and said the construction schedule was unchanged. The Olathe City Council said it had approved late Tuesday an agreement to bring Google Fiber...
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Google Fiber Expanding Superfast Internet Service to Olathe, Kansas
Olathe, Kansas, a city of 125,000 residents located about 20 miles southwest of Kansas City, will be the next municipality to receive Google Fiber, the tech giant’s highly touted superfast Internet service, the company announced Tuesday night. The announcement came minutes after the Olathe city council voted unanimously to approve an agreement with Google. Although the...
time.com (2 months and 7 days ago)
Business repeats call for NBN analysis
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Google Fiber: We’re not (just) in Kansas anymore
Larry the cable guy FIRST stop, Kansas City. Next stop, Austin. On April 9th Google said that it had chosen the Texan capital as the second location for Google Fiber, an ultra-fast broadband network. Google will offer the same deal there as in Kansas City, where it began connecting households in November. For $70 a month it promises both downloads and uploads at a gigabit...
economist.com (1 month and 13 days ago)
Google Fiber is Good for the Country, and for Google
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Analysts have cited many benefits for Google Inc. since its announcement last week that pending a favorable city council vote on April 30, the third city to receive Google Fiber will be Provo, Utah. But an overlooked byproduct of the ultra-fast broadband service -- "up to 100x faster Internet than today's average broadband speeds," the release states...
thestreet.com (1 month and 2 days ago)
‘Silicon Slopes’: Google Fiber Planned For Provo, Utah
Google Fiber is coming to Provo, Utah, municipal and company officials said Wednesday, making the Utah city the third metropolitan area to be slated to receive Google’s super-fast internet service. Google announced its Provo plans less than two weeks after it named Austin, Texas as the second Google Fiber city, following Kansas City last fall. Google Fiber’s continued...
time.com (1 month and 6 days ago)
North Kansas City and Kansas City consider how to get streetcars across river into Northland
The City Council for North Kansas City will consider at its meeting Tuesday night whether to enter into a study with Kansas City, each funding it with as much as $250,000.
kansascity.com (1 month and 23 days ago)
BSkyB overtakes Virgin in broadband race by buying O2 customers
Satellite broadcaster BSkyB is to leapfrog rival Virgin Media and become Britain's second biggest broadband provider, after striking a deal buy up the O2 broadband and landline telephone business.
telegraph.co.uk (2 months and 26 days ago)
Official: Kansas City blast cause unclear, 14 hurt
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An official says 14 people have been confirmed as injured in a massive gas explosion in an upscale Kansas City shopping district. Kansas City Manager Troy Schulte says offi...
rn-t.com (3 months and 4 days ago)
Sky Buys O2 Broadband For £180 Million
Sky is to become the UK's second-largest broadband provider after agreeing a deal today to buy rival O2's half a million customer accounts. The satellite broadcaster, which has built a business with 4.2 million broadband customers since 2006, will pay O2 owner Telefonica £180 million for the O2 and BE consumer broadband and home phone businesses. The deal is due to complete...
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