It seems Google Fiber, Google's very own, super-fast ISP isn't destined to stay in Kansas City after all. Following months of experimentation in the Kansas/Missouri metropolis, Google is taking its internet service into a neighboring town, Olathe, Kansas. Their City Council approved the agreement Wednesday, which Google Fiber community manager Rachel Hack posted on the Google Fiber blog.
"Today, another city in the Kansas City area is getting the chance to join the growing Silicon Prairie - Olathe, Kan. A few minutes ago, the Olathe City Council approved an agreement to bring Google Fiber to their city. Olathe has become one of the fastest-growing cities in Kansas and has attracted an influx of new businesses and residents. They've all noticed what a great community Olathe is, and so have we. We think that Fiber and widespread Internet access will help to create jobs, grow local businesses, and make Olathe even stronger as it grows," Hack writes.
The recently launched Netlix ISP Speed Index indicates that Google Fiber is far and away the fastest internet in American, transmitting at an average of 3.35 megabytes per second (Mbps), as opposed to popular services from Comcast (2.06 Mbps) or Verizon Fios (2.10 Mbps).
More importantly than the move itself, it indicates Google is looking to expand their service rather than simply show up the other ISPs and force them to change, as some worried might be the case. Google Fiber comes at a much cheaper price than Comcast or Verizon Fios, and so even if it isn't today, change is certainly coming to the way internet seeps into our homes.
