Google Fiber’s sticking with its earlier announcement that there will be 180 “fiberhoods”...
Google Fiber’s sticking with its earlier announcement that there will be 180 “fiberhoods” in Kansas City, Mo. and Kansas, qualified for service, a number that’s now final, said Google Access General Manager Kevin Lo Thursday (http://xrl.us/bnpnhc). “It means that residents…
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in 89 percent of Kansas City, Kan. and central Kansas City, Mo. fiberhoods will be able to get brand new, next-generation Fiber connected to their home,” Lo said. “One gigabit connectivity will have an immediate impact on our users -- the web will be faster, TV will be clearer, and uploading and downloading will be super speedy. Not only that, but we fully expect that gigabit speeds will lead to a wave of online innovation, led by Kansas City.” The first fiberhood, essentially a neighborhood, to receive the service will be Hanover Heights in Kansas City, Kan., he said. The company will install the fiber “within the next few weeks” for Hanover Heights and then “other fiberhoods on the Kansas side” shortly after, Lo said. Google will install fiber on the Missouri side of Kansas City next spring, he said.