The force of Fiber: Google Fiber is pressuring rivals to up their game

Google’s ultra-high-speed Google Fiber Internet service won’t be accessible to the bulk of Americans for quite some time, but the revolutionary service’s impact is already being felt even by those who don’t subscribe to the service. As noted by MIT’s Technology Review blog, Akamai’s annual state of the Internet report was released recently and it does a great job of highlighting Google Fiber’s ripple effect. Akamai’s data shows that in the fourth quarter of 2012, average Internet speeds in Kansas climbed faster than any other state in America. Average speeds in the midwestern state grew by 86% compared to Q4 2011. The next closest state was Wyoming, which saw average Internet service speeds climb 51% year-over-year in the fourth quarter.



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