Comments on: Ahead of Google Fiber launch, here’s what another gig city has already learned

By: Jack Studer

Jack Studer — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:44:43 +0000

It should be clarified that Lamp Post is only hosting the student portion of the GigTank. The entrepreneurs program is being run by colab.is

By: Rural user

Rural user — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:38:13 +0000

You couldn’t fault them if they charged much more than that. My company pays $12,000 per month for a 1 GBps connection, and it is a bargain for our area. The bandwidth is just not available for less.

By: keninca

keninca — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:56:25 +0000

@Tim, Rich’s response was valid and warranted. Brett Glass is an anti-Google troll that posts an anti-Google/anti-Stacey comment almost every time she writes about something even remotely related to Google. I think he works for Microsoft or Apple, or possibly some media company jealous of Google’s profits, or got fired from Google.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:29:28 +0000

This was not a useful response. I did not know of the author’s relationship with Google. Thank you, Brett, for pointing it out.

$300/mo for Internet is also not useful.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:18:26 +0000

I felt like I was reading about a different competition than the one I’m taking part in. This gig is awesome. The energy and interest is high. I’m pumped up about it.

I’m lucky enough to be the captain of a team that uses the gig in their app, and while it may take a while to develop fully, it will be killer when it does.

Be careful if you allow yourself a knowing chuckle about businesses built around ultra-capacity. We’re excited its here and one day it will be everywhere. I’ve paid my dues in Northern California and Boston – I like it here, and I’m so glad Chattanooga is doing this.

Mike B

By: Pirate

Pirate — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 02:30:18 +0000

Killer app = pirate ALL the movies!

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:29:26 +0000

You must think we’re really dumb. You must think we didn’t hear you say “Google furnishes the dollars for Ms. Higginbotham’s paycheck” the first 5,000 times you said it.

You’re the one that’s dumb, Brett Glass. Either that or YOU’RE the one who’s being paid by somebody. Enjoy being a jackass much?

By: Jason Russell

Jason Russell — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:13:10 +0000

I work at UTOPIA in Utah and we made a 1-gig residential service available last month. This isn’t a “killer app,” but it’s real-world application that shows the benefit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smBX_6STML4

By: Bob Summers

Bob Summers — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:47:15 +0000

There is plenty going on in Chattanooga. As a whole the community is aligned to prosper ahead of others. I look forward to a healthy competition between Kansas City and Chatt. http://www.Friendeo.com moved to Chattanooga to see how gig would impact personal entertainment. There are real infrastructure requirements to enable personal entertainment and Friendeo is building it with the help of the gig network and its leaders.

By: chrisconder

chrisconder — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:50:03 +0000

gigabit networks won’t have to worry about using too much bandwidth, so the budding entrepreneurs will blossom, and new apps invented, and new uses for the internet found. We are building our own gigabit network in the uk and are looking to Kansas for another sister network to talk to when it kicks off tomorrow, and if anyone wants to game with us from Chattanooga we’re up for it… another two weeks or so and we should be live at B4RN. Keep the faith people, this is the future…
… free from the throttling and capping of the old phone lines. Fibre to the Home.