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<title>Comcast VP: Gigabit Internet speeds not needed by US consumers</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/06/06/executive.believes.united.states.is.a.world.leader.in.broadband/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/comcasttruck-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The average American consumer does not need gigabit Internet access at this moment in time, according to the Vice President of Comcast. David Cohen claims the issue of gigabit speeds to end users is "really more about demand than supply," suggesting that high-speed Internet services such as Google Fiber are not required....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google Fiber grows again: Gladstone, MO added to future buildouts</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/13/announcement.marks.fifth.recent.reveal.of.fiber.expansion/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1368503520_gladstone-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A brief posting on the Google Fiber blog has noted the addition of a new locality to Google Fiber. Gladstone, Missouri has voted to allow Google to expand its network to the city, a suburb of Kansas City. The new locality is Google's fifth announcement in a handful of weeks regarding expansion of its gigabit Internet service....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 03:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google adds Shawnee to list of Google Fiber locations in Kansas</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/03/shawnee.joins.olathe.kansas.city.for.fiber.rollout.in.state/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355106271_bigthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google is expanding the coverage of its existing gigabit Internet offering from Kansas City into another area of Kansas. The city of Shawnee, just outside of Kansas City, will gain Google Fiber in the future, and joins the high-speed connection construction waiting list alongside Olathe in the same state, Austin in Texas and Provo, Utah....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 14:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Vermont gigabit Internet service launches, half price of Google Fiber</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/29/vtel.charges.35.per.month.for.gigabit.fiber.connections/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/fiberoptic-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[An Internet service provider has announced the launch of its fiber-based Internet service in the Vermont area, but this time it isn't Google. Vermont Telephone Company (VTel) has started to offer its customers gigabit Internet speeds over its new fiber optic network, and is managing to do so at half the price of Google Fiber....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Provo, Utah city council unanimously approves Google Fiber offer</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/24/taxpayers.still.owe.33.million.construction.debt.payment.annually/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1366229730_provout-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The seven-member Provo Municipal Council approved Google's offer to buy the iProvo fiberoptic network. The unanimous vote makes Provo the third area to adopt the search engine as an internet provider. While Google has to pay the area $1 for the right to use the extant fiber, the locality has a number of additional expenses related to the network that it must still pay, not previously announced....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google releases iPad app for Fiber TV subscribers</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/23/allows.viewing.browsing.tv.content/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1366747951_googlefiber-ipadapp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google has released a native iPad app for subscribers of its Fiber TV service.  Users can browse and search for shows that are airing live, as well as on-demand content, and anything recorded to DVR.  On-demand content can in fact be both bought and watched using the app....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>AT&amp;T announces 1Gb Austin expansion on heels of Google Fiber deal</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/09/says.it.expects.government.to.offer.same.breaks.as.google/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1365536744_att-wall.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Following in the wake of Google's announcement of Fiber expansion in Austin, AT&amp;T has announced similar plans, according to a press release.  The company is planning to build out a gigabit fiber network in the city, but hasn't yet revealed what parts of the city will be served, or what the gigabit tier might cost.  Likewise, it hasn't set a timeline for when the network will be completed....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google Fiber officially expanding to Austin, Texas in 2014</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/09/austin.gigabit.internet.likely.to.cost.same.as.kansas.city.project/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1365528189_googlefiberaustin2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google has officially announced it will be building its fiber Internet service in Austin, Texas. The expansion, leaked over the last few days, will see Austin become the second city after Kansas City to get the Gigabit Internet and TV service through Google Fiber, with the company hoping to "start connecting homes" to the network by mid-2014....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kansas City Google Fiber estimated to cost $94M so far</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/09/total.cost.could.hit.170.million.same.for.austin/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/fiberoptic-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Recent research estimates the cost of Google's Kansas City fiber project is just below $100 million, so far. Carlos Kirjner and Ram Parameswaran of Bernstein Research believe that the rollout of Google Fiber in Kansas City, Kansas has cost $42 million, while Kansas City, Missouri has cost $52 million for the current fiber build-out....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Briefly-available press release alleges future Austin Google Fiber</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/08/rumors.from.last.week.buttressed.by.pr.from.industry.advocacy.site/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355106271_bigthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Seemingly adding confirmation to the rumors of Google Fiber in Austin TX, industry evangelist Gig.U briefly posted a press release congratulating the Texas city on joining the project. The retracted press release included a statement by the director of the Gig.U project commending the effort, as well as some benefits expected from wide-scale deployment of the ultra-fast connection technology....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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