Google Fiber Pricing Unveiled: Get Ready, Kansas City

Google Fiber is taking Kansas City by storm — or at least is will be soon, considering the company’s insanely fast 1Gbps fiber network’s pricing puts both Comcast and Verizon FiOS to shame.

ABC News reports that the fiber internet and TV service has been in the words by Google for the past year and a half, and the service was finally detailed on Thursday by the search engine giant, who also announced that Kansas City residents can now pre-register to get it.

Milo Medin, vice president of access services at Google stated during the Fiber event Thursday that:

“Google Fiber starts at a speed 100 times faster than most Americans have today.”

The Google internet service will run at 1,000Mb per second, which is more than three times faster than Verizon’s 300Mb–per-second FiOS service, which also uses fiber-optic connections. The faster internet connection means faster surfing, video streaming, and downloading (a movie will only take a few minutes).

The internet and TV service will come with Google’s network Box, which will serve as a hub for the service in houses. It is also a Wi-Fi router that features four Ethernet ports. The box comes with built-in Netflix and YouTube streaming, and Google’s newest Nexus 7 tablet is also included in some packages for use as a remote.

As for pricing? Yahoo News reports that for $120 a month (as well as a two-year contract), Google Fiber subscribers will get a 1Gbps fiber-to-the home connection, hundreds of fiber TV channels on-demand and in full HD, as well as a full terabyte of storage on Google Drive. The service also comes with no broadband caps or overage fees, so you can use the service as much as you want, with no penalty.

In comparison, Comcast’s “platinum” broadband tier delivers 305Mbps connectivity, but costs $300 per month, and has a cap of 250GB per month. Verizon is slightly cheaper, with a 300Mbps top tier that costs $200 per month.

With Google Fiber’s pricing announcement, do you think we will see pricing and/or service changes from Comcast and Verizon as they struggle to compete with this new, faster, less expensive service?

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