Google ultra fast in KCK

[yoga-like_abana]

nerds

[Saulbadguy]

Perhaps they didn't want to give the Westboro Baptist Church nearly unlimited bandwidth.

[SwiftCat]

OMG, I bet Topeka is pissed.

After they whored out their name to Google and all, this one has to really hit them where it counts.

This can't be stated enough.

[CNS]

I thought I heard that this was going to be chosen from the candidate pool by means of lottery?

[EMAWmeister]

Is this strictly KCK or surrounding areas (Johnson County namely).

Dunno why they wouldn't but it in Johnson County with all the business HQs located there.


Also, Topeka is to Google what Mizzou is to the Big 10.

[EllToPay]

[sonofdaxjones]

You're living in a land of delusion if you think they're going to sell you a 1 Gig Internet Pipe for $49.95 a month.

[Saulbadguy]

You're living in a land of delusion if you think they're going to sell you a 1 Gig Internet Pipe for $49.95 a month.

What if they data mined the eff out of it and sold all the activity to advertisers?

[sonofdaxjones]

What kind of sales people work for AT&T and the Cable Companies in KCK?  All my schools have at least 100Mbps Ethernet Service rolling into 1 Gig and 10 Gig host locations, with 100Mbps to 250Mbps Internet Ports.    I look at utilization reports and show them to IT folks who think they're just blowing it out, and then they realize that even with 1000's of kids online and all kinds of online learning they're maybe at 50% utilization tops at most school locations, and maybe hitting 80% utilization on the Direct Internet Access Ports at Peak times.

[EllToPay]

What kind of sales people work for AT&T and the Cable Companies in KCK?  All my schools have at least 100Mbps Ethernet Service rolling into 1 Gig and 10 Gig host locations, with 100Mbps to 250Mbps Internet Ports.    I look at utilization reports and show them to IT folks who think they're just blowing it out, and then they realize that even with 1000's of kids online and all kinds of online learning they're maybe at 50% utilization tops at most school locations, and maybe hitting 80% utilization on the Direct Internet Access Ports at Peak times.

:dnr:

[sonofdaxjones]

You're living in a land of delusion if you think they're going to sell you a 1 Gig Internet Pipe for $49.95 a month.

What if they data mined the eff out of it and sold all the activity to advertisers?

If you were smart, you'd hate Google. 

[Pete]

What kind of sales people work for AT&T and the Cable Companies in KCK?  All my schools have at least 100Mbps Ethernet Service rolling into 1 Gig and 10 Gig host locations, with 100Mbps to 250Mbps Internet Ports.    I look at utilization reports and show them to IT folks who think they're just blowing it out, and then they realize that even with 1000's of kids online and all kinds of online learning they're maybe at 50% utilization tops at most school locations, and maybe hitting 80% utilization on the Direct Internet Access Ports at Peak times.

I agree in circumstances where the schools are interacting with the outside world.  However, if an entire district, or districts were connected together with 1gig connections then you have the frame work to do "new" things.  You essentially have your own little "Internet 2" for your group of schools.  http://www.internet2.edu/about/

It will take time for the benefits to be realized, but I suspect some cool cac will happen.

[sonofdaxjones]

Pete these networks I am discussing are connecting all the schools (Metro Ethernet), its only when it gets to the host locations that it either connects the user to internal servers/applications/VoIP or gets handed off to the outside.

 

[_33]

No more snow days....just have every single student online from home in a group video conference with their teacher.

Only obstacle is the cost for families that can't afford the service or a PC.  The bandwidth could handle it.

And the teacher will be a robot.

[WildcatNkilt]

This is great for the industry I work in.

Think of it this way....we would not have Skype and the likes without the transition from Dial-Up to high speed cable or DSL.  This will allow users to Skype in high definition without bandwidth issues, lag etc. 

Not sure how many of you use Teleconferencing (VTC).  There are software applications that allow the user to dial in on a bridge (take Tandberg (now part of Cisco) for example).  They offer a desktop software that allows the user to dial in on a bridge or far-end Codec.  The bridge allows for multiple users to interact in one conference call from different locations (for the non-IT people out there).  This type of bandwidth from home will allow desktop users with the software to experience high quality, uninterrupted video conferencing.  This is huge in higher education for distant learning, or businesses with salespeople always on the road.  I see this fiber broadband having a major impact on telemedicine. 

Also, we will have the ability to download a HD movie in under 5 minutes.

As far as why KCK was chosen...  I've heard infrastructure, population, influence of JoCo business spenders (on the news Google called this "easy people to work with"), and I-70 corridor. 

[WillieWatanabe]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/03/30/google.kansas.city.broadband/index.html?hpt=C2

[Saulbadguy]

This is great for the industry I work in.

Think of it this way....we would not have Skype and the likes without the transition from Dial-Up to high speed cable or DSL.  This will allow users to Skype in high definition without bandwidth issues, lag etc. 

Not sure how many of you use Teleconferencing (VTC).  There are software applications that allow the user to dial in on a bridge (take Tandberg (now part of Cisco) for example).  They offer a desktop software that allows the user to dial in on a bridge or far-end Codec.  The bridge allows for multiple users to interact in one conference call from different locations (for the non-IT people out there).  This type of bandwidth from home will allow desktop users with the software to experience high quality, uninterrupted video conferencing.  This is huge in higher education for distant learning, or businesses with salespeople always on the road.  I see this fiber broadband having a major impact on telemedicine. 

Also, we will have the ability to download a HD movie in under 5 minutes.

As far as why KCK was chosen...  I've heard infrastructure, population, influence of JoCo business spenders (on the news Google called this "easy people to work with"), and I-70 corridor. 

Polycom.

Microsoft Lync

[WildcatNkilt]

This is great for the industry I work in.

Think of it this way....we would not have Skype and the likes without the transition from Dial-Up to high speed cable or DSL.  This will allow users to Skype in high definition without bandwidth issues, lag etc. 

Not sure how many of you use Teleconferencing (VTC).  There are software applications that allow the user to dial in on a bridge (take Tandberg (now part of Cisco) for example).  They offer a desktop software that allows the user to dial in on a bridge or far-end Codec.  The bridge allows for multiple users to interact in one conference call from different locations (for the non-IT people out there).  This type of bandwidth from home will allow desktop users with the software to experience high quality, uninterrupted video conferencing.  This is huge in higher education for distant learning, or businesses with salespeople always on the road.  I see this fiber broadband having a major impact on telemedicine. 

Also, we will have the ability to download a HD movie in under 5 minutes.

As far as why KCK was chosen...  I've heard infrastructure, population, influence of JoCo business spenders (on the news Google called this "easy people to work with"), and I-70 corridor. 

Polycom.

Microsoft Lync

Enjoy Polycom products every day.   

[_33]

I read that Google is already working on Google Super Duper fast, which will be 1000 times faster.

[AbeFroman]

My friend lives in KCK 

[steve dave]

My friend lives in KCK 

I ALSO HAVE A FRIEND THAT LIVES THERE!

[0.42]

My friend lives in KCK 

I ALSO HAVE A FRIEND THAT LIVES THERE!

I have no friends in Wyandotte
 

[Saulbadguy]

Ultra fast internet at the T-Rex Cafe? 

[AbeFroman]

Ultra fast internet at the T-Rex Cafe? 

and at JJJJYAAAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZZ

rip Grixs 

[pissclams]

two big reasons why google picked kck:
1) unified government of kck/wyco makes clearing regulatory issues much easier
2) they don't lay their cable/phone/electric, they hang it all, making it much cheaper to implement

boom, bandwithed.