Google Starts Running Fiber In Kansas City 118
New submitter Kiyyik writes "After weeks of wrangling over shared space on utility poles, Google and the KC Board of Public Utilities have gotten their act together and Google is starting to wire Kansas City, Kansas today. They will be paying attachment fees and hanging the fiber optic lines in the space on the poles reserved for telecommunications. The Kansas City, Missouri side is still on track to begin a few months behind the Kansas side."
I can wait (Score:2, Funny)
As a Kansas City, MO non-resident it is not exciting to see this happening there.
Re:I can't wait (Score:5, Funny)
and as a non-Kansas City resident I would like to say "I hope you choke on your gigabit... that glorious wonderfull gigabit..."
Re:My wasted youth (Score:5, Funny)
Based on the paragraph above, interkin3tic had:
A. AOL Dialup
B. A pager
C. Both AOL Dialup and a Pager
D. Neither AOL Dialup or a Pager
Re:I didn't have to wait. (Score:5, Funny)
As a resident of the Newark, NJ area, I lament the fact that most of the copper wire has been stolen. The Internet is going out all over the neighbo
NO CARRIER
Here is where... (Score:1, Funny)
I'll add my obligatory post to say that I don't live in the US, so I'm now into my 11th year of having fiber.
But, I understand that you don't have the money, since you need to buy tanks and guns and shit to kill people while invading far off countries that don't threaten you in the least, not to mention all of the Homeland Gestapo people and crap you have to pay for.