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Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude
2011-03-30 3:18:04 PM  
Almost makes it worth living in KCK.

Almost.
 
UNC_Samurai [TotalFark]
2011-03-30 3:22:42 PM  
Municipal broadband is a great thing; it's a shame the telecoms are trying to buy laws to stop it.
 
I_Am_Weasel [TotalFark]
2011-03-30 3:41:05 PM  
Oh.

I thought it was another Charlie Sheen thread.
 
tototototo
2011-03-30 4:04:00 PM  
I somehow read that as
Porn viewing in Kansas City. Kansas set to rise by a shocking 900%
 
AbbeySomeone
2011-03-30 4:53:49 PM  
Do they anticipate an influx of Farkers?
 
cretinbob [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2011-03-30 5:32:46 PM  
It's funny, there was a bad router upstream a few days ago and my connection dropped to ISDN speeds and I wanted to slit my wrists.
 
GWSuperfan [TotalFark]
2011-03-30 6:02:21 PM  
Isn't this the city that briefly renamed itself "Google, KS"?
 
madden101
2011-03-30 6:04:58 PM  

GWSuperfan: Isn't this the city that briefly renamed itself "Google, KS"?


Wikipedia search for "Google, KS" redirects to Topeka.
 
Marine1
2011-03-30 6:11:00 PM  

GWSuperfan: Isn't this the city that briefly renamed itself "Google, KS"?


No, that's Topeka, and the fact that they didn't get that network just adds another reason to why the residents can kill themselves for rational reasons.

/Kansas City, North, MO resident
//can't wait until that network gets over the river.
///will be win
////suck on that, St. Louis
 
MBA Whore
2011-03-30 6:21:51 PM  
Marine1

Another KC area farker! Tell me, is it just me or do women on the KS side seem really stuck up?

/ Lee's Summit, represent!
 
Marine1
2011-03-30 6:26:17 PM  

MBA Whore: Marine1

Another KC area farker! Tell me, is it just me or do women on the KS side seem really stuck up?

/ Lee's Summit, represent!


In Johnson County? Yeah.
 
Rent is too damn high
2011-03-30 6:36:12 PM  

UNC_Samurai: Municipal broadband is a great thing; it's a shame the telecoms are trying to buy laws to stop it.


it's not municipal, but no less At&t and Time-Warner will probably sue Google to oblivion, or they'll buy out the legislature and make a law that says all companies that rhyme with "oogle" have to be declared a baby-killing-puppy-murdering-atheistic-communist-muslin terrorist organization and have to be expelled out of the solar system.

Seriously, telecommunications companies are pretty f*cking sleazy in the US. Link (new window)

When Comcast and SBC wanted to convince three Illinois cities to vote against running their own fiber, they conducted "push polls" designed to shape voter perception, not gauge it. This, combined with more than a quarter million dollars in often misleading local marketing, helped "educate" voters that they should stay out of the broadband business. That public relations victory was a model for a battle that's now brewing in Lafayette, Louisiana.

The Illinois surveys, which we were the only outlet to get a copy of, contained questions like "Should tax money be allowed to provide pornographic movies for residents?" As explored by Mother Jones recently, they played an integral part in defeating the initiative twice (See our interview with local leader Ed Hodges).

lol, unbelievable. And remember, SBC is now At&t, I'm expecting them to be just as sleazy with this Google thing.
 
AC21365
2011-03-30 6:40:26 PM  
Please oh PLEASE come wire up Colorado Springs so I can tell Comcast to go eat a bowl of dicks...

/please oh please oh please
 
jonny_q
2011-03-30 6:42:41 PM  

UNC_Samurai: Municipal broadband is a great thing; it's a shame the telecoms are trying to buy laws to stop it.


If it works great for your community, that's awesome.

But here, the best speed they offer for home use is a whopping 1.5Mb/s. They have no incentive to improve because there's no real private competition, they don't risk losing business, and they'll continue to exist regardless of profit as long as the city council says so.
 
jazz710
2011-03-30 6:45:09 PM  
I'm pretty sure the average teenager doesn't send 1200 texts from when they wake up in the morning to 7:30AM....
 
imgod2u
2011-03-30 6:46:41 PM  

jonny_q: UNC_Samurai: Municipal broadband is a great thing; it's a shame the telecoms are trying to buy laws to stop it.

If it works great for your community, that's awesome.

But here, the best speed they offer for home use is a whopping 1.5Mb/s. They have no incentive to improve because there's no real private competition, they don't risk losing business, and they'll continue to exist regardless of profit as long as the city council says so.


This sounds exactly like how private broadband companies operate in most of the U.S.
 
jonny_q
2011-03-30 7:03:28 PM  

imgod2u: This sounds exactly like how private broadband companies operate in most of the U.S


Yeah, often the private co makes a deal with the local city making it no better/different from muni broadband.
 
Hollie Maea
2011-03-30 7:07:05 PM  
Really? Out of all the possible places, Kansas City seemed the best?
 
Vanquish
2011-03-30 7:19:23 PM  
So will the service be sold under the google name? It would be really refreshing to get internet service from someone who is not a telephone or cable company.

/looking at you Comcast
//AT$T, God I hate you
 
KarmicDisaster [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2011-03-30 7:20:23 PM  

Hollie Maea: Really? Out of all the possible places, Kansas City seemed the best?


Well, compared to the new "open for bizuness and fark you all" Madison Wisconsin it was.
 
PluckYew [TotalFark]
2011-03-30 7:21:43 PM  
Yeah but is it 4G?
 
Marine1
2011-03-30 7:23:43 PM  

Hollie Maea: Really? Out of all the possible places, Kansas City seemed the best?


Well, if you're going to expand in all directions, yes. Then you consider that Kansas City is already home to a shiatload of communications trunks, and that Sprint is also based in the area, and it seems like an ideal place.
 
Earl of Chives
2011-03-30 7:24:39 PM  

Rent is too damn high:
The Illinois surveys, which we were the only outlet to get a copy of, contained questions like "Should tax money be allowed to provide pornographic movies for residents?" As explored by Mother Jones recently, they played an integral part in defeating the initiative twice (See our interview with local leader Ed Hodges).


Lol, that's a good one. Just when you think they can't sink any lower...
 
Hollie Maea
2011-03-30 7:35:38 PM  

Marine1: Well, if you're going to expand in all directions, yes.


Haven't they already gone about as fur as they could go?
 
Marine1
2011-03-30 7:37:58 PM  

Hollie Maea: Marine1: Well, if you're going to expand in all directions, yes.

Haven't they already gone about as fur as they could go?


wut
 
Dinodork
2011-03-30 7:47:07 PM  

AC21365: Please oh PLEASE come wire up Colorado Springs so I can tell Comcast to go eat a bowl of dicks...

/please oh please oh please


And Qwest too. Hell, it was just a few years ago we got cell service up in Rockrimmon.
 
ImRonBurgundy
2011-03-30 7:48:32 PM  
Nah, I already had tabbed browsing.

/Kansas City, Ks
 
ImRonBurgundy
2011-03-30 7:53:35 PM  
I am just glad that Topeka Goo, Kansas didn't get it. If Fred Felch was spewing his hate at 1GB per Second, I would go over to topeka and start sawing any fiber that I could find.
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Dr.Zom
2011-03-30 7:53:43 PM  
They're hooking my cable up at my new place on Friday so I'm really getting a kick out of these replies.

KCMO, unfortunately. And Time Warner. I guess it could be worse, could be Comcast.
 
HellRaisingHoosier
2011-03-30 7:56:30 PM  
Bright House in Indianapolis is going to be offering 40Mbps speeds this year.

Pretty cheap too. I pay about $100 for cable plus standard broadband connection. They say it will only cost an extra $25-30 for the increase.
 
Hollie Maea
2011-03-30 8:10:45 PM  

Marine1: wut


Really?
 
whippersnapper [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2011-03-30 8:21:54 PM  
Woohoo! Kansas City Fark thread!
/KCK
//But reaaaaallly close to the border
 
UNC_Samurai [TotalFark]
2011-03-30 8:35:29 PM  

Rent is too damn high: Seriously, telecommunications companies are pretty f*cking sleazy in the US. Link (new window)


Oh, don't worry - I'm well aware of what Time-Warner is trying to do to municipal broadband in North Carolina. (new window)

jonny_q: If it works great for your community, that's awesome.

But here, the best speed they offer for home use is a whopping 1.5Mb/s. They have no incentive to improve because there's no real private competition, they don't risk losing business, and they'll continue to exist regardless of profit as long as the city council says so.


The exact opposite is the case here. People are so farking tired of Time-Warner's shiat that they've flocked to Greenlight. The LOWEST tier of internet you can buy is 10/10Mbps, and that's about $35/month. We buy digital cable as well, and our entire package is $105/month.

Greenlight, NC (new window)
 
limeyfellow
2011-03-30 8:39:57 PM  
UNC_Samurai:
Municipal broadband is a great thing; it's a shame the telecoms are trying to buy laws to stop it.

They already bought the law here in North Carolina. They voted to ban other cities from introducing municipal broadband by around 3/4 of the state's house and all it took was Time Warner, Comcast and At&t to bribe each one of them with an election time donation.

That way we can get by with speeds that are lucky in many areas to be 100th the speed, with pings in the 150-250 ms and just get used to it, because you in no way need a fast, reliable service that isn't based on how much you can gauge your customers for.
 
drjekel_mrhyde
2011-03-30 9:00:54 PM  
The Cablecos and Telcos will fight this tooth and nail
 
bluorangefyre [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2011-03-30 9:04:25 PM  
To paraphrase what I wrote when I first heard about this, Kansas City just got the right to download and re-upload all the world's porn in 6.7 seconds.
 
Dear Jerk
2011-03-30 9:05:08 PM  
YAAAAYY!! Everybody can go to hell except for K! C! K!
 
Fubini
2011-03-30 9:05:09 PM  
I don't know anything about developing a fiber network, but I hope they extend into KC, MO and then Columbia and St. Louis...
 
elsamu
2011-03-30 9:07:08 PM  
Everything's up to date in Kansas City.
 
Marine1
2011-03-30 9:07:14 PM  

Fubini: I don't know anything about developing a fiber network, but I hope they extend into KC, MO and then Columbia and St. Louis...


This, as well. But not St. Louis. None for them. They must suffer.
 
The Bestest
2011-03-30 9:18:07 PM  

Fubini: I don't know anything about developing a fiber network, but I hope they extend into KC, MO and then Columbia and St. Louis...


..and then all the way to the White house!
YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

/sorry
 
ImRonBurgundy
2011-03-30 9:38:47 PM  

The Bestest: Fubini: I don't know anything about developing a fiber network, but I hope they extend into KC, MO and then Columbia and St. Louis...

..and then all the way to the White house!
YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

/sorry


Almost forgot about that crazy sumbiatch.
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amo
2011-03-30 9:48:50 PM  

Marine1: /Kansas City, North, MO resident
//can't wait until that network gets over the river.
///will be win
////suck on that, St. Louis


I'm on the south side, in Cass. I never thought there would be a reason to be jealous of KCK, or even a good reason to live in KS. More fool me. :(
 
kth
2011-03-30 10:32:56 PM  
Missed it by thatmuch.

/in mission, ks
 
MasonL87
2011-03-30 11:04:18 PM  
OH FARK YOU, KANSAS!!!

We spelled out Google with glow sticks in an event conceived, marketed, and executed within a two week window. What the FARK did you do?

/Our Effort last year
//quite pissed
 
Mentat [TotalFark]
2011-03-30 11:27:09 PM  

Hollie Maea: Really? Out of all the possible places, Kansas City seemed the best?


And they didn't even put it in the right Kansas City. All of the good stuff is on the Missouri side.
 
RoxtarRyan
2011-03-30 11:51:20 PM  
While I get the whole hating on telecoms for their speed vs price, for what it's worth, Comcast has given me no issues. I only use their internet service, and I've never had downtimes, interruptions, etc. etc.

Worth $45/month? Eh, for that price, I should be getting 50MB/sec, not 15MB/sec, but overall, not too shabby. I never see any slowdown while I'm doing a 1.5mb/sec download while on XBL.

If someone comes into my area offering better service for the same price or less, I'll take it, but doubtful that is going to happen for a looooooong time.

Mentat: All of the good stuff is on the Missouri side.


I've BEEN to Missouri, several times over the last 5 years. Nothing good is in that state.
 
kenny's mom
2011-03-31 12:01:35 AM  
elsamu: Everything's up to date in Kansas City.


Thread over in thirty-nine.

/latecomer to this thread, but enjoys visits to KC now and then.
 
ncsu_wolfpack
2011-03-31 12:12:37 AM  

UNC_Samurai: Municipal broadband is a great thing; it's a shame the telecoms are trying to buy laws to stop it.

WilTson
 
Hollie Maea
2011-03-31 2:11:10 AM  

kenny's mom: elsamu: Everything's up to date in Kansas City.


Thread over in thirty-nine.

/latecomer to this thread, but enjoys visits to KC now and then.


I made that joke hours ago and all I got was a "wut"

/grumble grumble
 
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