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To: Kirk © who wrote (3823)	2/13/2016 12:19:56 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26781

VZ PO: maybe PO shows for members only?

To: Kirk © who wrote (3823)	2/13/2016 1:20:06 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26781

to compete with our local broadband providers Comcast and AT&T, Google would have to lay cable. Expensive. We had a free ad-supported service a few years ago [wi-fi from light poles] but it was slow and folded. About Google's broadband nyti.ms excerpt: The service, known as Google Fiber, will offer residents in selected parts of the metropolitan area in both Kansas and Missouri the option of purchasing the gigabit Internet service for $70 a month or both the Internet and a television service for $120 a month. The TV service, Google said, comes with a Nexus 7 tablet that serves as a remote. The announcement, made in a plaza on the Kansas-Missouri state line, is Google’s venture into a world of broadband providers who have looked skeptically at the company’s effort. Some have branded it a publicity stunt that will do little to advance the country’s broadband agenda. Typical broadband providers undertake the costly task of providing service to millions of homes, while Google’s prototype will reach far fewer customers – the initial round here is available to about 170,000 homes.