http://kcur.org en http://kcur.org/post/austins-google-gain-kcs-loss <p>Google announced yesterday that it’s building a new high-speed fiber-optic network -- this time in Austin, Texas. It’s been two years since the company announced it would build its first fiber-optic network here in Kansas City, and many residents hoped it would be everywhere by now.</p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Planning for the network has Kansas </span>Citians<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> rethinking the future of many aspects of life and business here.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style="line-height: 1.5;">Ground Zero for Google Fiber</strong></p> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:40:00 +0000 Sylvia Maria Gross 34868 at http://kcur.org Is Austin's Google Gain KC's Loss? http://kcur.org/post/google-s-fiberhood-rally-results-are-now-what <p>The deadline to pre-register for Google Fiber, what Google is calling their new super-fast internet service, came to a close September 9th.</p><p> Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:11:12 +0000 Suzanne Hogan and Maria Carter 24628 at http://kcur.org Google’s Fiberhood Rally Results Are In, Now What? http://kcur.org/post/bridging-digital-divide-kansas-city <p>Studies from Google indicated that 42 percent of lower income areas in Kansas City didn’t have access to Internet. Google Fiber has plans to address that with super high-speed Internet service but there have been challenges to linking the information superhighway to poor communities. Being disconnected from the internet’s wide world of information leaves many urban residents, students and job seekers far behind their more affluent neighbors.</p> Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:32:26 +0000 Susan B. Wilson and Suzanne Hogan 24396 at http://kcur.org Bridging The Digital Divide In Kansas City http://kcur.org/post/google-makes-final-push-fiber <p>Kansas City leaders were thrilled when they beat out 11-hundred other cities for something called Google Fiber. Now residents are competing to bring the blazing fast internet service to their neighborhood first. The search-engine company is building an infrastructure to offer households internet speeds 100 times faster than they currently get and has also rolled out it’s own TV offering. But Google’s doing things differently than traditional internet providers.</p> Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:02:00 +0000 Maria Carter 24055 at http://kcur.org Google Makes Final Push For Fiber http://kcur.org/post/free-wifi-rosedale <p>The founders of Connecting for Good hope to provide internet access to people who aren't connected at all, by tapping into Google's gigabit network.</p> Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:24:05 +0000 Sylvia Maria Gross 20036 at http://kcur.org Free Wifi For Rosedale?