Would be really nice if everybody can get their act together. Evidently it's somewhat available but prohibitively expensive.
http://www.theeagle.com/news/local/article_add380b8-245c-5160-8722-b7af2a501398.html
http://www.theeagle.com/news/local/article_add380b8-245c-5160-8722-b7af2a501398.html
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The College Station City Council entertained a proposal on Thursday to allow business and residents access to cheaper high-speed Internet connections that could allow for virtual reality simulations, real-time genomic sequencing, ultra-high definition video streaming and other applications in the not-too-distant future.
Blair Levin, executive director of nonprofit Gig.U, delivered a presentation to the council during its workshop session. Levin, who was the FCC chief of staff during the Clinton presidency, called upon the councilmembers to consider policy changes that could bring more gigabit-per-second speed Internet connections to town -- roughly 20 times as fast as what's available to most residential phone and cable subscribers, proponents said.
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College Station is currently serviced by Verizon and Suddenlink, which contract with the city to use easements and infrastructure. Comparatively, Suddenlink announced 30-megabits-per-second service last summer. Gigabit-per-second high-speed Internet is available to residential and commercial customers through various companies, but instillation costs can run into the tens of thousands of dollars, Benham said.