Google officially launches Google Fiber, Google Fiber TV service in Kansas City

Google Fiber

Google Fiber

Google on Thursday lit up its highly-anticipated fiber network in Kansas City, promising to bring residents of the city world-class Internet and television service with projected maximum theoretical speeds of 1Gbps. Google vice president of access services Milo Medin made the announcement in Kansas City and said that the fiber network was necessary to help American consumers and businesses keep with with the acceleration of both computing power and storage needs. “Even though the Internet was invented here, other countries have sped ahed and their citizens enjoy much faster speeds,” he said. Read the full story at Boy Genius Report.

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Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).