What's Happening in Cary, NC…

At the end of January, an announcement was made that Google would be bringing its ultrafast service for internet and TV clients to a variety of cities in North Carolina, including Cary.

Governor Pat McCory appeared with Google executives and city mayors from Raleigh, Morrisville, Garner, Durham, Chapel Hill Cary, and Carrboro when the announcement was made. While the mayors praised the benefits this would bring, executives from the company reminded everyone that designing the system and laying the vast network of fiber cables for Google Fiber will take time.

With Google’s new, faster Google Fiber, the company says customers will be able to surf the web 100 times faster. Average speeds for broadband is 11.5 megabits/second whereas Google Fiber is reputed to be able to access 1,000 megabites in the same time.

Besides enabling the quicker streaming of movies, Google Fiber will also be instrumental in attracting businesses, especially high-tech ones. The city is already rated as the second most wired community in the U.S., according to a national survey, and the addition of Google Fiber will no doubt be noted by brochure printers in Cary’s future promotional materials.

However, speed costs and Google Fiber customers in Kansas City and Austin pay $70 per month with a required one-year commitment. The addition of Google TV service with the faster internet service raises the cost to around $120-$130.