Google Fiber Spurs Mom-and-Pop Net Providers Too http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Yes, Google?s ultra-high-speed internet service may finally be scaring the big internet providers into action. Following Google?s announcement that it will expand into Austin, Texas, AT&T announced it will offer fiber internet in the city, and Time Warner Cable announced it would offer citywide wireless internet service. But smaller companies are also trying to head off Google before the company even makes an announcement in their communities.



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