Google to Start on Kansas City Fiber Network in Weeks
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Google Inc., moving forward on a project to outfit Kansas City with an ultrafast broadband network, announced plans to begin installing fiber lines in the next few weeks, starting with the city’s Hanover Heights area.
Of 202 eligible neighborhoods targeted by Google, 89 percent will be wired to the fiber-optic network, the company said in a blog posting yesterday. Google spent six weeks signing up residents for the project, which requires neighborhoods to express interest in the service if they want to be connected. The coverage area straddles the state border -- a region that includes Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri.