Google Fiber and entrepreneurial biz hype dominates the Internets discourse in Kansas City but on the other side of the river there is an interesting solution bringing high-speed online access to small biz.
Check it:
Tech Blog: Gigabit Internet access is (almost) free for ten years in North Kansas City
Deets:
"DataShack and the City of North Kansas have created LinkCity, an entity that offers internet access over a municipal network to business and residents alike. Here's the kicker: residents get gigabit access for $300 for installation and $0 monthly charges for 10 years. No one else that I know is doing that . . .
"The circumstances and business environment in NKC seem to be hard to reproduce anywhere else, but this network shows us what is possible. It shows us that business service revenue can support free residential internet access on a municipal network and it represents a natural synergy between business and consumers."
The main point here is that the Internets creates biz growth for small communities . . . The story seems exceptionally relevant for parts of the urban core experiencing the same disparity. Right now groups like Connecting For Good and the Free Network Foundation are working to level the playing field while City Hall has only shown interest in partnering with big companies who provide great presser coverage and benefits along the streetcar line but very little opportunity for other parts of Kansas City which struggle to keep up with technology.
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ReplyDeleteGoggle fiber is already obsolete and old technology
It's the wires on the poles that makes Google fiber special!!!! Just like our streetcar!!!!
ReplyDeleteI am Quality Hill I have free Google 8.6 mpa very adequate for home use
ReplyDeleteYour house value increase 5,000.00 with Google. Didn't the tax man tell you?
ReplyDeleteDoes this make it a public utility? How will this reconcile with the FISA courts? Since this is the government and not a private entity like AT&T will the government be allowed to store data like AT&T is? If NKC can store the data, does it "own" the data like AT&T does? This is scary and cool all at once.
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