Google Fiber May Hit Austin Next...

[AgainsttheCrown]

Google Fiber coming to Austin

Google Fiber may hit Austin, but will it go further?

My AT&T "fiber" is sooooooooooo blazing fast that I don't know if I'll switch.



We shall see tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be able to do a rain dance and thank the gods!!!

[tridim]

1. Dumpling my AT&T contract in june for Google. I can't wait.

I HATE AT&T U-Verse. Hate. Hate. Hate.

Good luck!

[sonias]

2. Make it so

Can't wait for announcement too!

[Melissa G]

3. Love my Clear service.

I'll see what's with Google after they get here. I'd be surprised if it beat Clear though...

[AgainsttheCrown]

4. I had Clear a few years ago

I quit because of interference and throttling. You haven't experienced any of that?

[Melissa G]

5. Not sure what interference and throttling is but

the Clear at my office works fine. Better than Time Warner when I had it and way better than AT&T when I had that and only half the price. The half the price included a free netbook that was mobile. Netbook just died, but a friend moved the chip to another laptop and all is well.

Service was never that good at home and got a lot worse a couple of years ago, so I just boosted my spouse's service and started using that instead of the Clear at home.

[AgainsttheCrown]

7. Never assume...

I meant signal interference since it's wireless. I had problems with that in a city of 100K.

Throttling is when an ISP limits your speeds during peak periods or when you've reached a certain amount of bandwidth for the month. That's why I really hated Clear.

[Melissa G]

10. Yeah, I was assuming something like that.

My home is in a low spot. Signal was never good there and worse as Clear got busier.

I had no idea about the throttling. I don't use much bandwidth, so I would not notice that.
Thanks for the explanation!

[Javaman]

6. cement head perry is part of this...

which means there is a contribution deal in place.

Considering both at&t and timewarner are big repuke donors, I have a feeling that there is either political contributions in place or there is a bait and switch deal so at&t and timewarner don't lose out.

nothing in Texas is ever as it appears, especially when cement head perry is involved.

[AgainsttheCrown]

9. Hmm...

Where'd you read that?

[Javaman]

11. I live here. I pay attention.

this is typical texas politics.

google couldn't light a candle in Austin without perry knowing about it.

this was a brokered deal from the get go.

our local rag, the statesman, is a repuke placeholder.

my only hope is that the Austin Chronicle does some leg work on this to reveal the true deal.

however, I can bet you many a reporter in this town probably thinks the the real story is radioactive and won't touch it if they ever want to get in on a press briefing ever again while baby doc gov for life perry is in office.

[AgainsttheCrown]

8. It's official!

https://fiber.google.com/cities/austin/

I can't wait!

Sadly...this is the type of network that should be built by the government.