I sure would have loved Google Fiber here.

Google Fiber opens up in Kansas City (Kansas and Missouri) soon (45 days).  There is a small catch: you have to get your neighbors to pre-register (with $10 prepayment that gets applied to your first bill) to get a critical mass of customers if you want to be one of the first neighborhoods to receive this service (or you can wait).

There are three different packages to choose from, none of which have any data caps:

• $120 - Gigabit Internet + TV
• 1Gbps up/down;
• $300 construction fee waived;
• Free Nexus 7 that is used as your remote control;
• Free TV box - a digital TV tuner;
• Free storage box - a 2TB DVR+NAS;
• Free network box - a gigabit router with WiFi;
• Free 1TB Google Drive cloud storage.
• $70 - Gigabit Internet only
• 1Gbps up/down;
• $300 construction fee waived;
• Free network box - a gigabit router with WiFi;
• Free 1TB Google Drive cloud storage.
• $0 - 5Mbps Internet only
• 5Mbps up / 1Mbps down;
• You have to pay the one-time $300 construction fee (with optional $25/month installments);
• No additional Google Drive storage;
• Free network box - a gigabit router with WiFi.

That's not a bad deal for the free package, all things considering.

Note that the IP TV channel listing is currently absent FSN and ESPN.

Anyway, I sure wish they were here in Portland instead of in Kansas.  I'm officially jealous.