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Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
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#12I'm glad that this is gonna be so close to the Bluffdale, UT NSA data center. Now they wont even have to build too much of their own cable to listen in on every single packet!
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#13In other news, AT&T expects to be able to be sold the same fiber network at the same rate with the same privileges as Google.
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#14Wish this had happened a year ago; it's not entirely clear what the effect will be on me and everyone else who already has a service contract on the iProvo network. I suppose if Google is upgrading the network, though, that can only be good.
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#15Where? edit: Though this is great for that city.
about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City.
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#16Where? edit: Though this is great for that city.
Provo is a city in Utah. It is most notable for being the home of BYU (Brigham Young University) the main University of the LDS Church (Mormons).
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#17Almost certainly going to help the nice folks at Bluehost out.
they could use some faster servers too
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#18Realistically speaking, if all these various roll outs go smoothly for Google, how many years until we see Google Fiber in major cities (LA, SF, NY, etc.)?
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#19They just announced they'll offer a free trial period for every home.
... a trial period of 7 years.