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kudos:2 | Re: better then hotel rates Mostly this illustrates rather starkly just how irrelevant "fiber" is to most consumers. | |
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"Google Fiber Tourism" - LOL
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kudos:5 | Re: If you could see me... said by battleop:You would see me rolling my eyes. This is one of the most retarded ideas ever.
"Google Fiber Tourism" - LOL
Maybe if it was Las Vegas, instead of KansasCity they would get some takers.
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1 edit | Re: If you could see me... It's a goofy idea but even worse is that the location is one of not-so-great areas of KC with little bungalow homes. When it rolls out to the Missouri side next year, there will be much more attractive/active areas that could make it a little more appealing. It might go well in Xroads arts district, Westport or City Market area - not a dilapidated bungalow hood with no amenities.
This is KC on the MO side. Nothing like the bland KS side...
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| | | Sooooo he got it backwards--people don't want to go somewhere to see Google Fiber, they want Google Fiber to come and see them (and stay forever). Now there's a business op. 
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Bel Air, MD | Will Do It Going to Kansas for work in June. So I think I will book this for a weekend. | |
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| | Huh? Only geeks care about the Internet speed. The rest of the population can pretty much give a "yawn!".
Not to mention why would I want to sample something I'll probably never get to experience? Just doesn't make sense to be something to want to rent out. | |
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join:2011-08-11
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| Re: Huh? I think the hope would be that by experiencing it, you would help stir the demand for it. Unfortunately, as has been pointed out numerous times in here, there is very little application developed yet for this speed. That doesn't mean there won't be once the speed is available but this 'tour guide' will hardly be providing a unique experience to WOW his tourists. | |
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| compare/contrast If the rest of the country was stuck on 56k modems, you might see some tourism.. the gap just isn't big enough for people to flock to this.. there needs to be a better incentive... like free fuel & food too, the kinds of incentives Las Vegas would inspire..
If the two cities would inspire other innovations like being the first major hub for hydrogen fuel cell pumps they might have a shot at spurring other entreprenuers.. Imagine Toyota launching the 2015 hydrogen cars in these two cities, then building their mfg plants there!! Then the Mayns would be right.. the end of an Era has come... to big oil companies.. and other de-facto monopolies. | |
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| | | Re: compare/contrast Chances are if they spent all the money to be the first major hub for hydrogen fuel, they would simply be out a lot of money. The industry is not willing to embrace hyrdogen fuel and neither is the government. | |
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united state | Greed... Got to love greed...NOT! | |
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join:2000-12-16
Santa Monica, CA | Re: Greed... said by Beans:Got to love greed...NOT!
There is nothing greedy about this story.
The host can only charge what people will pay, assuming they will pay anything.
The story, now run a second time, demonstrates that there is more to life than "faster" broadband, contrary to the drumbeat that plays here daily.
KC needs a lot more more than Google Fiber to attract the next wave of startup geeks. Its a matter of inertia. Brilliant minds are more attracted to places already densely populated with intellectual and creative folks. | |
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4 edits | Did I miss something? WTF could a single end non-commercial consumer do with a symmetrical 1 Gbps connection for just one day? | |
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| Re: Did I miss something? said by SysOp:WTF could a single end non-commercial consumer do with a symmetrical 1 Gbps connection for just one day?
Download all the things they're scared to download at home... For a regular person there is really no use for this. | |
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Red Bank NJ | Cool, now I can get all my p0rn in one night.... Cool, now I can get all my p0rn in one night.... | |
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Google-fibre-tourism? Why not try Linode instead?
