Results of our poll: Home phone service after Google Fiber
Many Midtown residents are pre-registering for the new Google Fiber high-speed Internet and television package, which should be available late this year or early next year. Many of those folks currently have bundled packages that include Internet, ...
Google Fiber and the KCMO School District digital divide
Josh Lockhart told those at a meeting on Google Fiber in education about his experience as a digital have-not.
Josh Lockhart was among educators, students and concerned community members who gathered at the Google Fiberspace on Saturday to discuss ...
Google Fiber and the digital education divide discussion tomorrow
Those concerned about the impact of Google Fiber on the digital divide and education in Kansas City are invited to a conversation about the issue tomorrow. According to Kansas City school board chair Airick Leonard West, “KCPS scholars, parents, ...
Will you keep your landline after Google Fiber?
I’m hearing many people say they’re going to drop their telephone landline and rely solely on their cell phones when they switch to Google Fiber. It would be interesting to hear others are thinking about this.
As background, many Midtown ...
Solutions for the Google Fiber Digital Divide for libraries and schools
At a meeting at the Westport Library last Thursday, Friends of the Library board chair Tom Platt said his group is pushing neighborhoods to sign up for Google Fiber so libraries will receive the service as well.
The president of Friends of the ...
Midtown residents ask Google about pre-registration issues
Google Fiber brought its truck – and free ice cream – to the Westport Library yesterday for a meeting to explain its service and answer questions.
Residents had questions about address problems and apartment houses when Google Fiber held ...
Google continues making its case to residents for its new service
The latest Google Fiber maps shows several additional Midtown neighborhoods have pre-qualified to get the new high-speed Internet service. Google plans to start installing first in Kansas City, Kansas in September and begin hooking up homes ...
Thoughts on Google Fiber process
Posted by Mary Jo Draper
Neighborhoods have been divided into “fiberhoods” in the Google Fiber pre-registration process. Each fiberhood includes an average of 800 people, and most need to get 40-80 households pre-registered in order to ensure ...
Update on Google Fiber
Neighborhood representatives from Kansas City and KCK received a briefing on Google Fiber on Friday and got a tour of Google’s new Fiber Space at Westport Road and State Line.
Nine Midtown neighborhoods have reached the required percentages ...
Four Midtown neighborhoods qualify for Google Fiber
Yesterday, Google challenged neighborhoods in Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri to rally together to be the first to get Google Fiber. That’s a package of Internet at 100 times the speed of the fastest Internet now available in ...
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