Ars asks: Help us max out Google Fiber

http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/11/ars-asks-help-us-max-out-google-fiber/

Enlarge / The Google fiber box, in all its glory.

Cyrus Farivar

I’ve been in Kansas City for about 15 hours now. Yes, I’ve already made the requisite stop at Arthur Bryant’s for barbecue (and I’m going to Oklahoma Joe’s today)—but we all know that’s not why I’m here.

I’m here to experience Google Fiber. You know, the service that promises 1Gbps for $70. The one that could potentially be incredibly disruptive if fully deployed across America. And yes, the one that prompted one Kansas City Web developer to pony up to buy a four-bedroom house and turn it into the Homes for Hackers—aka, the HackerHome.

I’m sitting, as I type this, at the Homes for Hackers, in Kansas City, Kansas. I can touch the Google Fiber box. I know I’ve become the envy of American geeks everywhere. My Twitter followers and Facebook friends have expressed all the myriad forms of speed lust.

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