Kansas Getting Another 1 Gbps Provider Wicked Broadband Upgrades Lawrence, Kansas Kansas is getting another 1 Gbps provider, but this time not powered by Google. Lawrence-based Wicked Broadband this week announced they'll be offering 1 Gbps connections in the hopes that all the business attention doesn't go to Kansas City. Wicked will offer 1 Gbps for $100 per month; 100 Mbps for $70 per month and 20 Mbps for $50 a month -- with no usage caps. "We’re now right next door to the fastest network in the country," Wicked Broadband co-owner Joshua Montgomery told a crowd gathered for the product announcement. "If a startup company is going to choose between Lawrence and Olathe, they are going to choose Olathe because it has the infrastructure." As noted many times, Google's goal isn't to take Google Fiber nationally, it's to help light a fire under the industry's posterior in order to kickstart a shred more competition for faster services, and at least in Kansas -- it appears to be helping. As noted many times, Google's goal isn't to take Google Fiber nationally, it's to help light a fire under the industry's posterior in order to kickstart a shred more competition for faster services, and at least in Kansas -- it appears to be helping.







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AnonMan

@comcast.net AnonMan Anon bla bla.. If Google doesn't go national it's almost useless...



These few towns will be the only ones with decent speeds and prices.



If google sells off it's network after say 5 years thinking all is good, everyone offering 1Gbps will just creep prices up every year like they already do on DSL and Cable HSI...



Just accept it, the USA is SAD when it comes to some things and internet and telco is one of them. It's sad the country that started the internet is one of the worst for it... Don't get me wrong. I think 70 or 100 bucks is probably too cheap for 1gbps considering what business have to pay which means they will have slower and not able to feed content to 10 customers with the same speed but our current prices of over 100 for under 100meg is nuts...

floyd007

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Glen Allen, VA floyd007 Member Re: bla bla.. quote: It's sad the country that started the internet

That is debatable . CERN in Europe declared they invented the internet of multiple computers [INTERNET]. ARPANet in the USA said they did. Just like the Europeans and Americans claimed they discovered HIV virus. That is debatable . CERN in Europe declared they invented the internet of multiple computers [INTERNET]. ARPANet in the USA said they did. Just like the Europeans and Americans claimed they discovered HIV virus. mdlund0

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Lawrence, KS 49.9 4.6

mdlund0 Member Re: bla bla.. That a bit of a glossing over of history. ARPANet was the first working demonstration of communications over TCP/IP. CERN put that backbone to use in the form we now know as the World Wide Web. Both made very different, very important contributions. As for HIV, the results of the studies of the Americans and Europeans were published simultaneously in the journal Science (20 May 1983). In science whoever writes it down first wins... in this case it was a dead heat. negritude

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Oakland, CA negritude to floyd007

Member to floyd007

No, it's not debatable. The WWW is a subset of The Internet. The Internet existed long before the web. Too many kids these days think that the Internet started with the web. Wrong. The ARPAnet, BITnet, and a whole bunch of other TCP/IP-based networks were around since at least the 70s, and they were interconnected before the formal term Internet was even conceived.

Transmaster

Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus

join:2001-06-20

Cheyenne, WY Transmaster Member Build it and they Will come Cities and States realize having good high speed access to the internet will bring jobs this sort of thing is going to increase. The big ISP's will scream, and cry, complain, sue, but this is slowly going to happen. Just using it for telecommuting is going to be important in the future. TBBroadband

join:2012-10-26

Fremont, OH TBBroadband Member Re: Build it and they Will come this is not true. Many other cities and areas around the US have had the same network available by Munis; yet nothing has really improved in terms of new companies and "start-ups" that these few providers (aka Google) and KC, KS have claimed. And three new start-up companies is not a huge improvement- if any. And yo do realize what happens to new businesses right? more than 90% of them will fail within the first year if not first six months.



Just another company trying to make the news and offer nothing different. And GOOG is right up there with them- the day will come though when the network is sold/shut down.

mr sean

Professional Infidel



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N. Absentia 1 edit mr sean Re: Build it and they Will come said by TBBroadband: this is not true. Many other cities and areas around the US have had the same network available by Munis



And how many existing providers offer 100 Mbps for $70 with NO CAPS, let alone 1Gbps?

Since networks at this speed AND price point are a very recent occurrence, how can you even offer the argument about no economic benefits?



Olathe Kansas was once a very rural community and its only in the past 25 years that its become more of a suburban extension of KC. Perhaps housing starts and growth of existing companies (aka non start-ups) might be a better metric to examine impact.



It's taken the existing ILECs 100 years of screwing the government and consumers to generate respectable ROI. It will be fun watching the new kids on the block put the incumbents and their shills to shame in less than a decade. Except Wicked is NOT a Muni.And how many existing providers offer 100 Mbps for $70 with NO CAPS, let alone 1Gbps?Since networks at this speed AND price point are a very recent occurrence, how can you even offer the argument about no economic benefits?Olathe Kansas was once a very rural community and its only in the past 25 years that its become more of a suburban extension of KC. Perhaps housing starts and growth of existing companies (aka non start-ups) might be a better metric to examine impact.It's taken the existing ILECs 100 years of screwing the government and consumers to generate respectable ROI. It will be fun watching the new kids on the block put the incumbents and their shills to shame in less than a decade. TBBroadband

join:2012-10-26

Fremont, OH TBBroadband Member Re: Build it and they Will come I didn't state that Wicked was a Muni, now did I? You should re-read what I said before jumping the gun.



And the new kids on the block? LOL. You do realize that Wicked has been in business for years under other brand names and actually has a horrible track record of never delivering right??? You should read about the company first.



And as far as the 100 years for the ILECs to do anything; you have been free to build your own company for YEARS just like the MSOs and other providers did. This is nothing new just because Google decided to do it. Stop drinking the Google-Aid and move on. tpkatl

join:2009-11-16

Dacula, GA tpkatl Member Olathe has better restaurants, too, but that's another story One wonders how long the big incumbent cable companies can deny that there is a market for 1GB service.... silbaco

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USA 1 recommendation silbaco Premium Member Re: Olathe has better restaurants, too, but that's another story Market or not, they can't provide it without running fiber to the home. Something they are not going to do when DOCSIS 3.1 is right around the corner and they still have debt from their past deployments. They might do it on a case by case basis like Comcast is doing for their higher tier.

tshirt

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Snohomish, WA 1 recommendation tshirt to tpkatl

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said by tpkatl: One wonders how long the big incumbent cable companies can deny that there is a market for 1GB service....



It shows that there is a belief/desire/ demand? for higher speeds.

Once it is built we will see if there is a viable market i.e. will enough people consistently pay a high enough rate to pay the debt and profit for the company to survive/thrive.

If not google may get yet another chance to takeover a failing system at the expense of the original investors, be it privately held or a public boondoggle. Even this doesn't prove the market.It shows that there is a belief/desire/ demand? for higher speeds.Once it is built we will see if there is a viable market i.e. will enough people consistently pay a high enough rate to pay the debt and profit for the company to survive/thrive.If not google may get yet another chance to takeover a failing system at the expense of the original investors, be it privately held or a public boondoggle. TBBroadband

join:2012-10-26

Fremont, OH TBBroadband Member Re: Olathe has better restaurants, too, but that's another story And don't forget- Google has those same investors looking at them that will start demanding ROIs of the money that is being spent. Even if Google isn't paying out to them currently; they're not going to sit around and let some idiot spend all this money and not make anything back on it at the expense of their own pockets. xenophon

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said by tpkatl: Olathe has better restaurants, too, but that's another story

Huh? Olathe is a United States of Generica cookie cutter suburb with generic bland chain restaurants. Lawrence is a college town with a range of ethnic eats, locatarian purists to James Beard category chefs. mdlund0

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Lawrence, KS mdlund0 Member Re: Olathe has better restaurants, too, but that's another story Lots of badly done (what passes for) Italian food, some sushi, a bad Indian place, and a couple of really bad Mexican places do not make what I would consider to be "a range of ethnic eats". xenophon

join:2007-09-17 xenophon Member Re: Olathe has better restaurants, too, but that's another story

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Not bad for a college town under 100K. Olathe is mostly chains. There is much more than that in Lawrence...Not bad for a college town under 100K. Olathe is mostly chains.

Black_Mage

iMage

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USA Black_Mage Premium Member Wow I'm keeping my eyes open for jobs in Lawrence now. mdlund0

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Lawrence, KS mdlund0 Member Don't get too excited...



»www2.ljworld.com/news/20 ··· lan-ins/ Lots of hype, little actual progress. TBBroadband

join:2012-10-26

Fremont, OH TBBroadband Member Re: Don't get too excited... The same as the other provider there. ALL HYPE!

tshirt

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Snohomish, WA tshirt Premium Member Re: Don't get too excited...



"What is my neighborhood's pre-registration goal?



To build Wicked Fiber in a neighborhood we need a certain number of households to pre-register. That lets us know that there will be new members on the other end of all of that beautiful fiber.



Because some neighborhoods have more apartment complexes and businesses in them than others, we are setting that goal on a neighborhood by neighborhood basis.



Official goals and each neighborhood's progress will be posted on May 15. Neighborhoods then have till June 15 to meet their goal.



After May 15 each neighborhood's progress will be posted daily at »wickedfiber.com."

it will be interesting to see what sort of take rate they think they need to start the build out. Not exactly a done deal.it will be interesting to see what sort of take rate they think they need to start the build out. TBBroadband

join:2012-10-26

Fremont, OH TBBroadband Member Re: Don't get too excited... Google did the same thing. Nothing new. And how many of those areas in KC have GF now? Maybe 3 or 4??? Hell not enough to even make it worth while of connecting them.



Wicked actually has areas connected that are apartments and other MDUs, something Google does NOT. But Wicked has a horrible brand problem with problems before that will stop them; and Google will have the same after more people start having problems with them. Especially after you don't own your Google Glasses after you buy them and people won't put up with Google and little to no tech support; regardless on how fast the product is- even since you won't see real world speeds of 1gig. tmc8080

join:2004-04-24

Brooklyn, NY tmc8080 Member $$ why not offer the same pricing and scale down from $70?

then 512 for $55, 256 for $50 and 125 entry level for $40? your comment..

