Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:10:09 -0400 Subject: [WSFA] How Fast Do You Want To Go? From: Michael Walsh <walshmichaelj at gmail.com> To: WSFA Official List <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>, WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> "For $70 a month, [Google] offers Kansas City residents a 1-gigabit Internet line=97the fastest home Internet service available anywhere in the world, about 150 times faster than the average American broadband speed of 6.7 Mbps. (You also get 1 terabyte of online storage as part of the deal, something Google normally sells for $50 a month.) For $120 a month, you get the 1-Gb line plus cable-like TV service, as well as a Nexus 7 tablet that you can use as your remote. There=92s also a =93free=94 plan: After you pay a $300 construction fee=97which you can split into 12 payments of $25=97Google will provide your home with a 5-Mbps Internet line for =93at least seven years,=94 and probably indefinitely" http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/03/google_fiber_re=view_nobody_knows_what_to_do_with_the_world_s_fastest_internet.html http://tinyurl.com/bjggxqf mjw