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Released: April 10, 2013
Google expanding super-fast Internet service
Source: Cecilia Kang, Washington Post (Free Registration)
Google said Tuesday it would bring its ultra-fast Internet service to a second U.S. city, ramping up a fledgling fiber-optic business that is sending tremors through the telecom industry. Minutes after Google announced it was expanding to Austin, AT&T pledged it would bring similar technology to the Texas capital, which has about 820,000 residents.
Google’s broadband project is being closely watched because it offers Web speeds of up to one gigabit, or 1 billion bits of information, per second. That’s 100 times faster than what most consumers — including those in the Washington area — have seen, and at lower prices.
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