![]() See the following speed test result from a Kansas City Google Fiber user: This is significant for home users and entrepreneurs who upload large files such as video, and collaborate online with multimedia tools. It should be highlighted that Google's Gb of bandwidth is symmetrical, which is unusual for consumer applications which tend to be asymmetrical with greater bandwidth for downloads than uploads. ![]() Businesses do not have direct access to Google Fiber today, but Ryan told me it is in the works. It isn't that homes need 1 Gb of synchronous Internet speed today, but it is how the Internet will be used in the future with the Internet of Things that is driving their forecast for bandwidth. They named the neighborhood deployments as “Fiberhoods”. Some readers may not know that Google's fiber deployment is a residential application. The Kauffman Foundation is also based in Kansas City and was an active participate in the effort to convince Google to select the city. Google wanted to test these environments and the metro area met these needs. ![]() One of the reasons why Google choose Kansas City was that it straddles two states (Kansas and Missouri) with a mix of government owned and privately owned utilities. I spoke with Ryan Weber, President of KCNext the technology council for greater Kansas City. Charlotte is one of the 9 cities being considered. Google has since announced fiber deployments in Austin, Texas and Provo, Utah, and named 9 more cities currently being evaluated for fiber deployment. On MaGoogle announced that Kansas City was selected out of 1,100 cities for deployment of an ultra high-speed broadband network.
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