Yankee and I had always planned to move away from Georgia when College Girl graduated from high school. We just were not quite sure where. All kinds of places were thrown around, but Yankee was seriously surprised when I suggested Kansas City. We know no one there, it's not near a place Yankee could work or a school for College girl, so why would I want to live there? Simply because of two wonderful words - Google Fiber.
Just the thought of being done with cable was enough to make me consider moving half way across the country. In the end, though, factors other than our internet provider won out, and we moved to The Triangle. As much as I love it here, we still had to deal with a cable company. This time it is Time Warner instead of Comcast, but really is there any difference? The only improvement was that being referred to as Kathy for twenty-two years by Comcast was over. I guess that is something.
Imagine my glee back in February when it was announced that The Triangle was one of the expansion areas for Google Fiber. My perfect place to live made even perfecter by ultra fast internet. There was a rumor that they would move into the Cary/Morrisville area first, so I did a little happy dance for a while and then put it out of my mind. After all, if dealing with the cable company has shown me anything, these kinds of things take forever.
It turns out Google is nothing like cable in many ways. Instead of years, this forever only took four months. They broke ground in Morrisville on Tuesday, and it looks like Cary will be next. Yay for us!
On Friday we got a letter from Time Warner letting us know faster internet is on its way. All we have to do is get a new modem from them, so we can be ready when this extra speedy internet is available in our area. They are not sure of the exact date, but they will let us know as soon as it happens. I am thinking that will actually be a real forever. No worries here, though, because I'll let them keep their new modem and wait (a very short while) for Google Fiber. And I did not even have to move to Kansas City.
On Friday we got a letter from Time Warner letting us know faster internet is on its way. All we have to do is get a new modem from them, so we can be ready when this extra speedy internet is available in our area. They are not sure of the exact date, but they will let us know as soon as it happens. I am thinking that will actually be a real forever. No worries here, though, because I'll let them keep their new modem and wait (a very short while) for Google Fiber. And I did not even have to move to Kansas City.
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