At least in downtown
http://www.news4sanantonio.com/news/...g-180808.shtml
SAN ANTONIO - Mayor Ivy Taylor, along with the head of Google Fiber - Mark Strama , announced on Wednesday the expansion of Google Fiber into the San Antonio market. The project will bring "gigabit" speeds of internet connectivity into San Antonio's downtown area and the surrounding neighborhoods. Strama said gigabit speeds will allow people to use more applications at faster speeds and at higher capacity. "We can and we will close the digital divide," said Mayor Taylor. Taylor also suggested the expansion of Google Fiber into San Antonio will create jobs and may encourage other large companies to move here. The Google Fiber initiative is a public-private partnership and will encompass more than 4,000 linear miles of fiber optic cable.
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I've been waiting for a legitimate compe or to come to San Antonio for years. My buddies in Florida have bright house and there constantly being upgraded for free. They've had over 300mb down for years. Time warner barely upgraded to those speeds but at a hefty price. Can't wait for Google to come and kick ass. It's better for everyone. Let the price war begin!
yeah, gigabit speeds for the Casianos and Victoria courts
Grande has been kicking TWC's ass for internet for years, but their service area isnt city wide yet.. I just moved and had to go back to TWC, thankfully im in an upgraded area at least.
yeah vato! Puro pinche interwebs!yeah, gigabit speeds for the Casianos and Victoria courts
I'm in an upgraded areas for twc as well and I'm enjoying the upgraded speeds but for a price. I've also been hoping for years that grande would expand but it hasn't happened. I read that att will be upgrading to gigabit soon also. The best thing would be to have 3 legit choices. I'm tired of having only one option for highspeed internet.
Yeah, I agree. I have the same speed i had with Grande, but for 15 more per month.. 7 of that is towards a wireless router rental though, so its not too terrible.
I think the 300 mbps is 85 a month, iirc.
"att will be upgrading to gigabit soon also."
what technology provide gigabit over copper?
I wonder if it will eventually be in Converse, Universal City, etc. Very interested
Last edited by John Petrucci; 08-05-2015 at 04:42 PM.
Sounds like immediate downtown area. 4000 miles of fiber won't cover all of SA.
They'll go neighborhood by neighborhood to make sure enough people sign up to make it worth their while. It is a long ass process, about 1.5 years before the bits start flying. It is nice that TWC and others are already bumping up speeds in the meantime. Compe ion is a good thing where you can get it.
400 is $65 in austin, hopefully it those prices make their way down from here soon. grande
Are they finally bringing in clean running water to that hole as well...
probably downtown, medical center/northwest, and rich neighborhoods with buried utility conduits for easy cable pulling.
Tap water has always been awesome there.Are they finally bringing in clean running water to that hole as well...
We have water in San Antonio...The people in California will have to get used to drinkingAre they finally bringing in clean running water to that hole as well...
recycle sewer water.....will your water taste like bean tacos?
Att gigabit coming to SA!!!
http://www.expressnews.com/news/loca...SA-6514302.php
In those vanishingly small areas where they will have to compete with Google.
Cool, now idiots can post even faster!
Also if you don't have fiber in your home, you're basically still running either cable or 2 wire DSL. lol
the biggest impediment to good browsing speed is all the ad servers gumming up nearly every web page. I'm frequently blocked from reading a web page because it's frozen incomplete waiting for one or more ad servers.
Anyway, fiber to home will be a lot more expensive, so the fiber people will install in the high $$$ neighborhoods first that are more probable to buy fiber than the SA east, west, south sides.
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Fiber rollout prioritization here in Austin looks to be based more on ease of construction than anything else.Anyway, fiber to home will be a lot more expensive, so the fiber people will install in the high $$$ neighborhoods first that are more probable to buy fiber than the SA east, west, south sides.
Google Fiber needs to come to Corpus Christi TX........
I would have to agree.....TWC is the worst.....Plus TWC charges a lot.....
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