Posted May 8, 2013, 2:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
Add another city to the ever expanding list of those slated to receive Google Fiber as the search giant recently announced plans to deliver the speedy Internet service to another Kansas City suburb. The Board of Aldermen in Grandview, Missouri,…
Posted April 29, 2013, 12:30 PM by Jesse Schoff | Filed in Industry News
Gigabit broadband proponents rejoice; another city in the US is online with gigabit fiber. But it gets even better. Vermont Telephone Co. (VTel) is offering the service to VT residents for only $35/month, half the price of the much lauded…
Posted April 18, 2013, 4:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, The Web
Google is getting serious about taking its gigabit internet service to new markets. Less than two weeks after it named Austin, Texas as the second Google Fiber city, and following another planned expansion to its existing service in Kansas, the…
Posted March 12, 2013, 2:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
Netflix has launched its new Netflix ISP Speed Index which promises to show consumers the top ISPs for streaming movies and TV shows through its service. The new website will be updated monthly and can make country-specific or International comparisons utilizing…
Posted December 14, 2012, 5:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
It looks like Kansas City might not be the only place in the US to get a residential high speed fiber Internet connection in the not-too-distant future. A company by the name of Gigabit Squared has just been given permission…
Posted October 2, 2012, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
Envious communications companies are requesting parity deals from Kansas City's local government -- deals which match the special treatment Google received while deploying its city-wide gigabit fiber service. Google Fiber went live about two months ago for both KC and KCMO,…
Posted August 28, 2012, 6:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
Time Warner Cable announced plans to invest $25 million to expand their fiber network to business customers in New York City. The deal will see networks constructed in Brooklyn as well as the Financial and Flatiron districts, according to a…
Google has officially flipped the switch on its first self-built, high-speed citywide network today. Lucky residents of Kansas City on both sides of the Kansas - Missouri state line are now able to get 1,000 Mbps download and upload speeds…
Following last week's rumors of Comcast gearing up to offer 305Mbps cable broadband, the company has officially confirmed speculation. Labeled as Xfinity Platinum, Comcast has announced it is actually in the process of rolling out the speedy Internet service to…
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