google fiber.

I honestly wish I lived in the Kansas City (either one) right now. Google bringing a super high speed internet there is enough of a reason to move, I think.

Facts

Google has been working on the Fiber project for a couple of years and chose the Kansas City as the first place to launch it. You pay $300 to get your place wired up and then there's like a $70 monthly payment for a 1000 Mbit down and 1000 Mbit up. Yeah, amazing speeds.

Future

This is still a new project of Google's, though. We know how Google likes to kill successful projects for no reason (R.I.P., Google Wave), so let's hope that Fiber lives on to provide the fastest internet connection in the world.

Fuzzy

Even though I support this project, there's still something strange about it. Google is losing millions of dollars on this (the customer-payed fees don't cover pretty much anything, they're basically giving it away for free). There are clues flowing around that Google want to gain political influence in the USA. Maybe they will only enable Google Play store and block Apple iTunes Store over the connection (see: net neutrality). Or they will be able to track your search/web surfing habits better. I don't know. And to be honest, I don't think that Google knows, either. Right now they are building a huge competitive advantage and I am sure that they will use it really well when their time comes.

Because I just don't believe that Google is giving away free internet for no reason. It's still great that they are doing it. And by my observations and experience, these kinds of speed will get to the Czech Republic in about 15 years. Yup. Bummer.