Crazy but true: Google wants to be your cable TV provider in Kansas City

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then In May 2011, Google made Kansas City, Missouri the second location of their highly-sought-after Fiber Project. The deal? A reasonably-priced one gigabyte-per-second fiber optic internet connection for roughly 50,000 to 500,000 people. Google: Your internet company.

now Google just filed for a video franchise license with the Missouri Public Service Commission. Reports claim Google will do something similar in Kansas next week — suggesting Google’s ready to tackle Time Warner Cable on the television front, too. source

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I don’t understand why they didn’t do this in KCK first since that was the community they chose. Basically I want to go visit my family and find out they have ridiculous internet capabilities.

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I don’t understand why they didn’t...KCK first since that was
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Listen, google, you’re creeping me out something fierce. Can’t you back off
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Please let this happen. It is time...introduce more competition into
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THANK YOU GOOGLE. I may not live...City any more, but
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Oh please Google, come...Wichita! we neeeeeeeeed
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This just vaguely reminds me...the fact that Topeka, Kansas changed its name
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