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AT&T takes U-verse service to Ottawa, Kan., to challenge cable incumbent Allegiance

Published on May 14, 2012 By Don

AT&T (NYSE: T) is taking on local cable video incumbent Allegiance Communications by launching its U-verse video, voice and data service suite in Ottawa, Kan.
The Sunflower State has been another growth market for U-verse service. Since entering…

Lafayette Offering 1 Gbps Connections – Seven Years After Idea Was Nearly Destroyed

Published on April 6, 2012 By Don

Not to be shown up by Google fiber and other 1 Gbps offerings from the likes of Sonic.net, Lafayette’s municipal broadband service is pushing toward the 1 Gbps mark. In a statement posted to the LUS Fiber website, the outfit notes that they’ve started …

Google offers FTTH construction details

Published on April 5, 2012 By Don

A day after unveiling a health bar called “Google Fiber” as an April Fool’s joke, Google provided an update on the real Google Fiber project.

Google Has Hung 100 Miles of Fiber – As Kansas City Residential 1 Gbps Installation Rolls On

Published on April 5, 2012 By Don

According to an updated blog post on their fiber to the home effort, Google says the company’s crews have already strung more than 100 miles of fiber across both Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. The company is giving a deployment Q&A high…

Google Tries Making Fiber Installs Less Expensive – Patents Edging System to Hide Fiber Runs

Published on February 27, 2012 By Don

After some initial bureaucratic tangles, Google recently started to finally start hanging fiber in Kansas City, where by the end of the year they’ll begin offering users there 1 Gbps fiber and TV service. The project was always intended to be an experi…

Google Tries Making Fiber Installs Less Expensive – Patents Edging System to Hide Fiber Runs

Published on February 27, 2012 By Don

After some initial bureaucratic tangles, Google recently started to finally start hanging fiber in Kansas City, where by the end of the year they’ll begin offering users there 1 Gbps fiber and TV service. The project was always intended to be an experi…

Google looks to accelerate FTTP connection process in Kansas City

Published on February 27, 2012 By Don

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), according to an article in FierceCable, has filed a patent for a new fiber deployment method and device that would enable to it rapidly connect homes to its 1 Gbps Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) network in Kansas and Missouri witho…

Google Offering TV Over 1 Gbps Fiber in Kansas City – Will Control the Pipe, the Content, and the Set Top

Published on February 15, 2012 By Don

Google’s 1 Gbps residential fiber service is officially underway in Kansas City, with consumers expected to be up and running sometime in the second half of the year. Building on earlier rumors that Google was planning to add an IPTV service into the m…

Google ready to roll out Kansas City FTTH network

Published on February 7, 2012 By Don

Not quite a year after announcing that Kansas City, KS, would host its first fiber to the home (FTTH) test bed, Google has announced that it is ready to begin installing fiber. The company announced the milestone yesterday on its Google Fiber Blog.

Google set to give a little backbone to Kansas City high-speed Net

Published on February 6, 2012 By Don

It’s been two years since Google announced the 1-gigabit-per-second Google Fiber project. Now it’s ready to start building it.