xenophon

join:2007-09-17 xenophon Member TWC has quite a bit of WiFi in KC too... ...but is not free to public. Have to have existing TWC account. Will Austin be free to anyone or only for those who already have TWC account?

iansltx

join:2007-02-19

Austin, TX ·Time Warner Cable

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iansltx Member Re: TWC has quite a bit of WiFi in KC too... I'm sure that, like your northeastern CableWiFi installations, it'll be customer-only. Otherwise you just get GFiber's free tier and then use WiFi elsewhere.



Though, to be fair, my bet (and Jason Calacanis's) is that Google will have a Fon-like hotspot network made up of every single GFiber Austin customer, running at 5 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, made available for free to anyone, not just GFiber customers.

xenophon

join:2007-09-17 xenophon Member Re: TWC has quite a bit of WiFi in KC too... said by iansltx: Though, to be fair, my bet (and Jason Calacanis's) is that Google will have a Fon-like hotspot network made up of every single GFiber Austin customer, running at 5 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, made available for free to anyone, not just GFiber customers.

quote: Google will install, at their expense, WiFi antennas at over 400 locations in Kansas City. While the WiFi can be set up to be free for the public to use, Google's spokesperson said, "Its really up to the discretion of the public building managers." »www.neowin.net/news/goog ··· sas-city



Downtown KCMO is installing hundreds of new streetlights that are designed to host multiple WiFi ISPs. This says Google's WiFi in KC will be (optionally) free to anyone...Downtown KCMO is installing hundreds of new streetlights that are designed to host multiple WiFi ISPs.

xenophon xenophon Member

»www.twcableuntangled.com ··· ee-wifi/



It's free to existing TWC users with a free trial to non-TWC users but $3/hr after trial. Not a bad offer but this is nothing new or specific to Austin, is available in a few other TWC cities. According to...It's free to existing TWC users with a free trial to non-TWC users but $3/hr after trial. Not a bad offer but this is nothing new or specific to Austin, is available in a few other TWC cities.



FFH5

Premium Member

join:2002-03-03

Tavistock NJ FFH5 Premium Member TWC has 2 yrs to get ready and lock in users TWC will push to get new customers on their footprint thru triple play deals and other incentives. And then will offer retention inducements as Google starts to roll out. They will lose some customers, but most people will be too lazy to switch.

sticks435

join:2004-05-25

Kansas City, MO sticks435 Member Re: TWC has 2 yrs to get ready and lock in users said by FFH5: TWC will push to get new customers on their footprint thru triple play deals and other incentives. And then will offer retention inducements as Google starts to roll out. They will lose some customers, but most people will be too lazy to switch.

Yea, I got an email saying my intro/promation was about to expire. If I can get them to give me a 1 year contract, I'll take that because by that time GFiber should be in my area of KC.

dfxmatt

join:2007-08-21

Cary, IL dfxmatt Member Re: TWC has 2 yrs to get ready and lock in users it's as clear as day an "oh shit, we have competition" that offers magically start showing up now.

Spiral JP

John Paul

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join:2011-10-28

Nevada City, CA Spiral JP Premium Member Minor deployment so far It could also be that, as Milo Medin announced at the recent Broadband Communities Summit in Dallas, Google has only connected about 4,000 homes in Kansas City KS thus far.

xenophon

join:2007-09-17 xenophon Member Re: Minor deployment so far



BTW, there are some interesting Google conditions for condo highrises. Apparently 70% of a building must signup (for actual service, not preregistration) or the condo association has to pay for cabling the building...



»forum.kcrag.com/viewtopi ··· art=1340 Yeah I dont see TWC and others making a move until GFiber is more broadly rolled out.BTW, there are some interesting Google conditions for condo highrises. Apparently 70% of a building must signup (for actual service, not preregistration) or the condo association has to pay for cabling the building...

sticks435

join:2004-05-25

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That's only half the city though. Right now Downtown Kansas City MO is also a part of it and there are ALOT more people there than in Kansas City KS, but it's also the poorer part of the city, so I'm guessing once it gets rolled out to the suburbs, you'll see alot more people signing up.

xenophon

join:2007-09-17 xenophon Member Re: Minor deployment so far The downtown income and Plaza, Ward Parkway to Brookside in MO is higher than most burbs, but E Side is low. KC, KS income is the lowest in metro. Is curious Google selected some of lowest income areas of KC metro first, though many parts are high income.

TBBroadband

join:2012-10-26

Fremont, OH TBBroadband Member Re: Minor deployment so far cause when nobody in the lower income areas can pay for install to get even the free services or pass a credit check- Google can say we'll we offered it but nobody wanted it.



KrK

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Tulsa, OK KrK Premium Member Re: Minor deployment so far I doubt that's the reason, but it could very well be that they are seeing what kind of demand they might expect in a so called "low" income area.



I think most people would be surprised.

iansltx

join:2007-02-19

Austin, TX iansltx to TBBroadband

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Um, you sound like you're talking about an attempted trial by AT&T, not Google. Google actually WANTS people to use their next-gen infrastructure.