Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah • Hacker News Board

Re: Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah

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Post by simonsarris » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 8:00 PM UTC

Good god I hope these announcements light a fire under the butts of the other US providers.

Re: Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah

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Post by jere » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 8:00 PM UTC

johnward wrote: post #10

Where? edit: Though this is great for that city.

HQ of Novell and Qualtrics apparently.

Re: Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah

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Post by angersock » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 8:00 PM UTC

thomasjames wrote: post #12

I'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!

Damn. Hadn't thought of that. :(

Re: Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah

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Post by btrautsc » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 8:01 PM UTC

Dear Google,

please buy EPB's fiber network in Chattanooga, TN.

Love,

Re: Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah

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Post by andyking » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 8:01 PM UTC

If they are getting into the habit of buying failing public-sector fibre networks, can they come and take over Digital Region South Yorkshire too? It works reasonably well, but is incredibly ineptly run, has a tiny number of users and has been facing the axe for as long as I've been using it.

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/at-a-glance/general-news...

Re: Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah

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Post by missing_cipher » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 8:03 PM UTC

austenallred wrote: post #9

They just announced they'll offer a free trial period for every home.

Wasn't this announce from the very beginning?

A bit slower(100Mb?) with a one-time installation fee(~700USD I think) that could be financed.

Re: Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah

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Post by backwardm » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 8:03 PM UTC

Holy cow that's great! I sure hope that means they can easily expand to Salt Lake City (about 50 miles North of there—and where I am) after building the infrastructure there.

There is already a fiber ISP in the area called Utopia who are in cities near here, but have been disallowed into the bigger cities (Provo and Salt Lake) apparently due to lobbying by the Qwest / CenturyLink and Comcast ISPs.

I wonder if this announcement has anything to do with the fact that Comcast recently doubled my speeds (from 25/5Mbps to 50/10Mbps)

Re: Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah

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Post by jfb » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 8:03 PM UTC

johnward wrote: post #10

Where? edit: Though this is great for that city.

Adobe has a dev center there (unsurprising, given Adobe's history.)

Re: Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah

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Post by austenallred » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 8:04 PM UTC

simonsarris wrote: post #21

Good god I hope these announcements light a fire under the butts of the other US providers.

I think one of the things I'm most excited for is canceling my absurd Comcast agreement.

Re: Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah

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Post by Keyneston » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 8:05 PM UTC

jfb wrote: post #28

johnward wrote: post #10

Where? edit: Though this is great for that city.

Adobe has a dev center there (unsurprising, given Adobe's history.)

That was largely due to their acquisition of Omniture.