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Originally Posted by Mr. Laz
worthless bastards skipped overland park and went on to Olathe
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They didn't skip over OP to go to Olathe.
Olathe:
A. The County Seat
B. Already had google laying fiber lines down last summer before the official "agreement" this year.
C. Is the home of two government contractors, Honeywell and Garmin. Whereas OP really only has Sprint, which isn't major in this case.
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Originally Posted by RedDread
I'm guessing there was probably an incentive by Olathe or the OP government had too many demands.
It makes no sense otherwise. Overland Park should be their moneymaker. The place they go to to recoup the losses of running fiber in the inner city where their saturation will be lower.
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As explained above, it makes perfect sense why Olathe would "get" it first. Overland Park didn't make demands, in fact, Overland Park wasn't even on their radar before Olathe. On top of everything I listed, Google also ran an Ad Campaign last year when they announced KC's fiber deal. Basically, it was a popularity contest, the "next" city with the highest "sign ups" would get the fiber plan, on top of the logistics involved in getting it there.
As an example, Olathe blew OP, Lenexa, and Shawnee away in the voting, more residents from Olathe voted than those three combined.
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Originally Posted by AustinChief
Tuesday big Austin announcement coming.. may be that Austin will be the next Google Fiber city!
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Officially or unofficially? I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt, that there is already an agreement in place with Overland Park for Google Fiber.
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Originally Posted by TribalElder
Yep, they couldn't get through all the red tape to install in Overland Park so they are bailing out and heading to Texas
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Except for that isn't true. Google Fiber has been approved and agreed upon for Overland Park. It just isn't public knowledge yet, and might not be for some time now, but rest assured, it is coming, and I'll guarantee that.