It says so here. And that's about all it says.
Why this matters
Everyone wants to see what Google will make of its fiber networks in Kansas City, Kan. and Kansas City, Mo. But all we have right now is the date, so it's not clear how detailed Google will get in terms of things people want to know, such as what 1Gbit/s to a home will cost, or whether pay-TV services -- competing with incumbent Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) -- are in the works.
Just because Google is announcing things doesn't mean it's done with the buildout. Note that in April, when half of Google's fiber huts were built, an official said it would be "a while" before the "to-the-home" part of FTTH was finished.
For more
- Google Drops Another Video Hint
- Google Fiber Goes 100 Miles & Counting
- Google Gets OK for Video Over Fiber
- Google Eyes Pay-TV Play
— Craig Matsumoto, Managing Editor, Light Reading
...there was this thing called the Full Service Network, built by Time Warner Cable. The few thousand families that had FSN could interact with their TVs, ordering pizza and postage stamps, and viewing movies on demand.
Now I'm not saying Google's FTTH network will quietly disappear in a few years, as the FSN did, but I'm wondering if it has any hope of living up to the hype and being anything more than what other FTTH networks are today.
Will a few K.C. families enjoy the media spotlight for a few days or weeks? Or will Google's grand experiment at building a next gen network actually show up the telecom/cable industry and offer genuine service and technology breakthroughs?
Inquiring minds want to know but wonder if Google will ever tell us.