All hail google! Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 8, 2012, at 2:20 PM, Nat Russo <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm surprised they haven't made it to Austin yet. We're a big "high tech" > hub here, so to speak. I'm hoping they get here soon. I fully support > Google's efforts to take over the galaxy :) > > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Nick Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > That would be sweet. They were spewing fiber all over Denver when I > lived there in 2003. Mine from Comcast is about $125 for 'net and HD > DVR. Way too much. HD picture is better (and more reliable) than > satellite and cheaper for the number of channels. > > When I had my FTA receiver, before the sat cos. went to Nagra3 > encryption, I had almost 1000 channels for $0/month, all the Dish and > Bev stuff, all sports packages and premium channels. My dish is still > up, with 5 LNBs on it, just sitting there... They just beam the stuff > all over the place through the air, you just have to know how to reach > out and grab it... > > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Will Dinkel <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 11:30 AM, John Buttimer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> kansas city (both of them I think) are getting fiber lines for up to a gig > >> a second! > >> > > > > Google Fiber (https://fiber.google.com/about/). Most of Kansas City, KS is > > eligible, and parts of the Kansas City, MO metro area. $120/month gets you > > 1Gb down/up plus TV. $300 install fee (to run the fiber to your house), but > > it's waived if you sign a 2-year agreement. > > > > I live in the county adjacent to Kansas City, KS, so I have to stick with > > U-verse until Google spreads out a bit. I would sign up now if I could. > > Other providers can't really compete with this. > > > > Will Dinkel > > [email protected] > > > > > > -- > Nick A > > "You know what I wish? I wish that all the scum of the world had but > a single throat, and I had my hands about it..." Rorschach, 1975 > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."- Benjamin Franklin, > Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759 > > "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names > the streets after them." Bill Vaughan > > "The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." Plato > > > > > -- > Sent from my Crappy Laptop (tm) using a poor excuse for a web browser. >
