Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Google Fiber Update: With six days left, 47 Fiberhoods are in the clear

By NICK SLOAN, NJSloan212@gmail.com

About two-thirds of the Fiberhoods in Kansas City, Kan., have met registration goals for the Google Fiber project.

With just under six days left, 47 of the 74 Fiberhoods in KCK are green, which is roughly 64 percent success rate.

Four additional Fiberhoods are in single figures in terms of remaining registrations required - Memorial Park (9), Kensington (7), Downtown (7) and Mt. Hope (7).

Along with those four, here are the top ten Fiberhoods in terms of ranking, according to Google.

Open Door, 12
Melrose, 37
Pomeroy, 21
Painted Hills, 22
Stony Point, 25
Rainbow Ridge, 27
Arrowhead, 164
Downtown, 7
Welborn Park, 16
Turner Diagonal, 16

September 9th is the deadline to register.