sincity Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Rumors about Google (GOOG) bringing its high-speed fiber network to Austin, Texas gained a little more steam over the weekend when unnamed sources told Austin-based station KVUE that Google would indeed announce plans to expand its fiber service to the city this week. And now Engadget has got hold of a leaked embargoed press release from the Gig.U initiative congratulating the city of Austin for getting hooked up with Google Fiber, thus making it the second city to have access to the service that first launched in Kansas City last year. Google Chairman Eric Schmidt late last year insisted that Google Fiber "isn’t just an experiment," but rather "a real business" that the company is "trying to decide where to expand next," so it's not all that surprising that Google has decided to slowly roll it out to other markets. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrot Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I live 30 miles from Austin, and in a city generally considered part of Austin area. Now who do I have to blow to get my fiber? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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