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By Jamie Condliffe Feb 7, 2012 3:57 AM 13,372

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Google Is Laying Gigabit Fiber In Kansas City, Starting Today

There's been talk of Google rolling out a gigabit fiber network across Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri for a while. But it's now official: Google engineers are laying cable as of today. That will bring with it not just high-speed browsing but probably Google's own cable TV, too. [Google; Image: lolloj/Shutterstock]

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