engine - 5:11 pm on Oct 8, 2012 (gmt 0)

An interesting develelopment in the battle to bring in Google. If the city does add sweetners and it goes ahead, this can only benefit the people of Kansas.

To entice Google Inc. to build its ultra-high-speed fiber network there, Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., offered the Internet company sweeteners including several free or discounted city services. Now, Time Warner Cable Inc. and AT&T Inc., the incumbent Internet and TV providers in town, are angling to get the same deal. Google Had Sweeteners For Kansas Fiber, Now Time Warner Cable Inc. and AT&T Inc. Want a Deal, Too [online.wsj.com]

Earlier story
Google Chooses Kansas City For Its High Speed Network [webmasterworld.com]