Engadget reports that
Google has officially launched its
Google Fiber
service in portions of Kansas City. The service breaks down as follows:
- A $300 "construction fee" (temporarily waived for monthly
subscribers) gets customers a set-top box, a Storage Box DVR with a 2TB
hard drive that can store 500 hours of HD video, a Network Box with a
four-port Ethernet router and 802.11n Wi-Fi, and a free Nexus 7 tablet
to serve as the system's remote control.
- For $120/month, subscribers get "hundreds" of television channels,
and most importantly, a fiber Internet connection with download and
upload speeds of 1Gbps; only a few Internet Service Providers around the
world offer Internet connections this fast.
- The 1Gbps connection is available by itself without television for
$70/month.
- Any consumer willing to pay the $300 construction fee can get basic
5Mbps internet service free for "at least" seven years.
- "Key institutions" (most likely local government and schools) will
get the full 1Gbps service for free,
Kansas City is the first city to get Google Fiber, but it won't be the
last; the company is conducting a "rally" where the city with the most
people who pay $10 to preregister for service will get Google Fiber next.
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