Google Fiber Might Be Coming To Dallas

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Google announced yesterday that it is exploring the possibility of bringing Google Fiber to Dallas. Google Fiber will, over the next several months, explore the feasibility of building the infrastructure needed before making its final decision. Google Fiber is currently available in six cities and will be rolling it out in another six with twelve potential cities still under consideration.

For the past three years, Texas has been a home to Google Fiber. Whether we’re connecting families and businesses to superfast Internet in Austin, or building over 4,000 miles of fiber in San Antonio, we’re working daily to boost speeds across the Lone Star state. And starting today, we’re exploring the possibility of bringing Google Fiber to Dallas as well.
 
Dang, this is still in very early stages. I'm glad to hear it though! About time Dallas gets some fiber loving.
 
iv'e got shit 1.5mb dsl.cold day in hell before i see anything that fast.
 
At the rate fiber is being placed around the country we'll all be on it roughly around the same time the sun engulfs the planet. The first city or two I got excited about the prospect. Now, many years and a sprinkling of cities later, and my response is a resounding, "Meh."
 
blitzkommando said:
At the rate fiber is being placed around the country we'll all be on it roughly around the same time the sun engulfs the planet.
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Makaveli@BETA said:
Our own incumbents would never allow that pipe dream friend!

You have a better change of winning the 649 lotto.
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I know :(

But they could technically enter the market as long as they kept their share of under 10%. Probably not worth the annoyance for them though.

Fingers crossed that my Condo ditches Telus in favor of Beanfield next year.
 
Makaveli@BETA said:
Our own incumbents would never allow that pipe dream friend!

You have a better change of winning the 649 lotto.
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I actually have fibre to the home in Toronto (Beanfield Metroconnect), depending on where you live there are smaller providers that run fibre. For right now it's mostly condos downtown but they're expanding the area slowly. I could have gigabit bi-directional for $100 CDN a month which is similar to what Google Fiber costs, but I'm cheap so I pay $50 for 250 bi-directional. Wierdly Bell also has fibre in my building, but I'll be damned if I'll buy anything from them after how badly they treated me last time I was their customer. Eventually you'll be able to get it all over the city.
 
Quix said:
I actually have fibre to the home in Toronto (Beanfield Metroconnect), depending on where you live there are smaller providers that run fibre. For right now it's mostly condos downtown but they're expanding the area slowly. I could have gigabit bi-directional for $100 CDN a month which is similar to what Google Fiber costs, but I'm cheap so I pay $50 for 250 bi-directional. Wierdly Bell also has fibre in my building, but I'll be damned if I'll buy anything from them after how badly they treated me last time I was their customer. Eventually you'll be able to get it all over the city.
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i'm aware of beanfield I live in the downtown core.

The problem with them is the network footprint is tiny. Its only really available in certain parts of the downtown core.

If I could get it I would switch in a heartbeat Fiber > Docsis !
 
We have a large Google data center within 60 miles of my city....I so want Fiber here!
 
Google Fiber or another Dallas Mavs Championship?!?!? Which will come first?!?!?! Place your bets!
 
Yay another thread about a city I can complain about where I dont live. Althouh google did announce san francisco but only for a limited are of poor tenaments and crap like that, as if having access to faster/cheap internet is going to change their lives at all
 
I wish they would buy out the Verizon FIOS fiber infrastructure and use that. I am sick to death of Frontier's BS.
 
Interesting that they choose to do it now. After TWC has been acquired by Charter, and Verizon vacated the market selling off their laid in Fiber network to Frontier (much to the Chagrin to their customers. My parents have been FIOS customers since they laid the line and never had an issue) I hope they move quickly, and look forward to setting up my service with them.
 
Well they pretty much gave up on austin, they don't even expand it anymore.
 
Damn you Google Fiber! When are you going to announce bringing your services anywhere I'd actually even consider living? :p
 
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