At an event in Kansas City, Mo., Google shows a slide with the three packages
Google today unveiled its plans to roll-out Google Fiber in Kansas City, Kan. and central Kansas City, Mo. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company will first offer its ultra high-speed network to residents and, according to Google Access’ general manager, Kevin Lo (right), packages for business are coming soon.
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Just as Google decided where to place its large-scale fiber network by listening to those interested, so too will it decide where to offer Google Fiber and, as was speculated, Google Fiber TV.
Google explains on the Google Fiber blog:
Tell us if you want Google Fiber in two easy steps:
1. Pre-register: Starting today, if you live in an eligible Kansas City household, you can pre-register by visiting google.com/fiber. All you need to do for pre-registration is provide some basic information (like your name and address) and pay a $10 deposit.
2. Rally your neighbors: Over the next six weeks, get your neighbors and friends to pre-register too.
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The rally lasts for six weeks and ends on September 9. When you participate, not only will you help bring Google Fiber to your home, you’ll also help bring it to your community—if your fiberhood reaches its pre-registration goal, we’ll also connect community buildings like schools, libraries and hospitals with free Gigabit Internet.
Here’s a video explaining the process:
Here are the packages it’ll offer:
$120/mo – Gigabit + TV
With a two-year contract, Google will waive the $300 construction fee and will provide both Google Fiber internet connection and Google Fiber TV to the home for $120 per month plus taxes and fees.
- Up to one gigabit upload and download speed
- Full channel TV lineup
- No data caps
- Nexus 7 tablet
- TV Box
- Storage Box
- Network Box
- 1TB Google Drive
$70/mo – Gigabit Internet
With a one-year contract, Google will waive the $300 construction fee and will provide Google Fiber internet connection to the home for $70 per month plus taxes and fees.
- Up to one gigabit upload & download
- No data caps
- Network Box included
- 1TB Google Drive
Free Internet
For those who are will to cover the $300 cost of construction to their home but are not interested in subscribing to either Google Fiber package, Google will provide
- Up to 5Mbps download
- 1Mbps upload speed
- No data caps
- Free service guaranteed for at least 7 years
- Includes Network Box
- $300 construction fee (one time or 12 monthly payments of $25) plus taxes and fees
Stay tuned to SPN for more updates from today’s events, and learn more about Google Fiber at google.com/fiber (below, the full site went live today). For a timeline of Google Fiber and Kansas City, see our post: “Google Fiber arrives today. How did we get here?“
