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For those wondering where Google will roll out, we don't have exact details, but we have some information. 1) They said they will stick to Austin City Limits,
by kyrra 14y ago
For those wondering where Google will roll out, we don't have exact details, but we have some information.
1) They said they will stick to Austin City Limits, which means within these boundaries [1].
2) For those that followed up with how KC operated, Google runs their lines on electrical poles and all places the city power company has lines. This is one of the big things KC and Austin have in common: city owned electric utility. With that google can run all their lines much easier. So, if you get electricity from Austin Energy, you will likely be eligible to get Google Fiber at some point.
3) Beyond that, it will be up to people like us to advocate in our neighborhood to get people to sign up for the service. Whatever areas have a large # of people pledge to sign up will be more likely to get it. To me this means south and east Austin. But at the same time, north austin has a lot of tech employees from Dell, Freescale, PayPal, and other large companies (though many of those people may live in Round Rock).
[1] http://www.zipmap.net/Texas/Travis_County/Austin.htm http://www.zipmap.net/Texas/Travis_County/Austin.htm
[1.1] (easier on the eyes map) http://www.maptechnica.com/us-city-boundary-map/city/Austin/state/TX/cityid/4805000 http://www.maptechnica.com/us-city-boundary-map/city/Austin/...
- bretthoerner 14y ago> To me this means south and east Austin. Why is that?
- kyrra 14y agoThinking about it now, I'd say south Austin more than east. Check out the population density map of austin (PDF): http://www.austinchamber.com/do-business/files/maps/PopDensity2012.pdf http://www.austinchamber.com/do-business/files/maps/PopDensi... If I were google, I would want to deploy to the more dense places (that could afford the service). South Austin seems to be the more "hip" place to live, and I think people in their 20-35 age range would be more likely to want to jump on Google Fiber. I could be totally wrong, but it's just a guess.
- clavalle 14y agoI'd guess north and west myself. Some south. The hipster parts of east.
- tomrod 14y agoAustinite here. East of I35 is commonly known as the "wrong side of the tracks". If Austin is wiring up for business and residential focus, they'll do west, some limited up north, downtown, and down Congress Avenue & First Avenue. They might extend to the west of MoPac (Loop 1, follows the old Missouri-Pacific line) but I'm not sure that the neighborhoods there are officially part of Austin or incorporated as a small suburb community.
- spizzo 14y agoYour parent comment said the hipster parts of east Austin, so we're not talking about rundberg and the areas that the cops are swearing they'll clean up. There are parts of the east side that are friendly and cheap. There's a nice pocket of neighborhoods around 51st street that's low on crime and just a long bike ride from downtown.
- jambonetoeufs 14y agoEast of I35 hasn't really been known as the "wrong side of the tracks" for several years now. It's changed tremendously since what it was like in the late 1990s/early 2000s.
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- tomrod 14y agoI work with what I know. Sorry for the misidentification. Some friends of mine just north of Lady Bird Lake had their door kicked in a few months back by a few neighborhood kids. My opinion of the area was informed by old history and that incident.
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- deltaqueue 14y agoI spoke with someone in Grande's (competing ISP) network planning division and he explained that getting into new buildings downtown was very expensive / difficult given Austin's telco requirements (have to dig up streets, etc.). Is this also the case for Google's fiber layout, or is there any speculation that buildings (condo and apartment) downtown will see this service?
- beachstartup 14y agowhat's expensive to the local isp is probably not to google.
- gonzo 14y agoIt's really the landlords who want to be paid.