Items tagged with Silicon-Prairie
Google Fiber is, in a word, awesome. In addition to bringing unprecedented Internet speeds to a few lucky areas in Kansas City (at an attractive price point no less), the presence of the service has apparently been attracting startups to the area and has people calling it the “Silicon Prairie”. Google is also on the record as saying that Google Fiber is not just a one-off thing; it will spread to more locales and will no doubt foster growth in those places, as well. And perhaps it’s obvious, but Google Fiber may be a problem for competing ISPs. For example, The Consumerist posted a letter from a Time Warner Cable subscriber named Rob from Kansas City who lives so close to a...
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