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But this week, Google Inc. turned that tradition on its head. After a yearlong search for a place to build a super-fast Internet network, Google eschewed places like Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle in favor of blue-collar Kansas City, Kan.
Google is planning to launch the service in a city where only one in eight residents over the age of 25 had a bachelor's degree, and one in four failed to graduate from high school, according to U.S. census data. In 2008, the median household income in KCK, as the city is known, was $39,000, well below the Kansas average of $50,000.
Great for this city It's a model for Detroit I think, this city has been hit very hard too, but it's back and very interesting now ! And Google will be very useful, many companies and educated people could go there because "the fastest Internet service in America"
I saw this yesterday and I have to congratulate KCK for a great win because there were a lot of other cities trying to get this pilot project from Google. Heck, I even wrote a few emails for my home town but honestly KCK makes more geographic sense since it is pretty close to the center of the country and so they can just keep expanding outwards in all directions as they build their network.
Given the average quality of internet service in America, that's hardly saying much.
Well if they were beating "average", I would agree with you, but if they are giving the fastest.. man that would be awesome.. I bet it pushes a lot of internet companies there..
Well if they were beating "average", I would agree with you, but if they are giving the fastest.. man that would be awesome.. I bet it pushes a lot of interest companies there..
But this week, Google Inc. turned that tradition on its head. After a yearlong search for a place to build a super-fast Internet network, Google eschewed places like Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle in favor of blue-collar Kansas City, Kan.
Google is planning to launch the service in a city where only one in eight residents over the age of 25 had a bachelor's degree, and one in four failed to graduate from high school, according to U.S. census data. In 2008, the median household income in KCK, as the city is known, was $39,000, well below the Kansas average of $50,000.
Great for this city It's a model for Detroit I think, this city has been hit very hard too, but it's back and very interesting now ! And Google will be very useful, many companies and educated people could go there because "the fastest Internet service in America"
I've visited the Kansas City area before and I think it's a great place. Congrats to the people there and maybe this will spur some economic development.
I've visited the Kansas City area before and I think it's a great place. Congrats to the people there and maybe this will spur some economic development.
yep
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It's a model for Detroit I think, this city has been hit very hard too, but it's back and very interesting now ! And Google will be very useful, many companies and educated people could go there because "the fastest Internet service in America"
