[angrybits]

This is a good thing even for those outside of San Antonio proper. I was able to upgrade to 1 Gbps on a small-time ISP this weekend, and it's because Google is coming to the large city near me. Competition is a wonderful thing.

[JaakkoP]

Yeah I bet that the incumbents are immediately going to offer better rates to lock in the customers most likely to change providers.

[josephjrobison]

In Austin - offered 50mb from Time Warner for $35/mo - then automatically upgraded to 200mb. The fiberhood is coming in a month so yes they're getting generous.

[jrockway]

To be fair, Time Warner also upgraded us in NYC from 50Mbps to 300Mbps for the same price, and we don't have Google Fiber in NYC.

[josephjrobison]

Ahh gotcha - correlation without causation then, I suppose?

[mkaziz]

Yeesh, I pay $50 to Comcast for 25mbps in northside Chicago. :(

[saryant]

Some parts of San Antonio have had a choice of cable providers for some time now, TWC and the local competitor Grande. If you lived in those areas, service was actually pretty good. I I think I paid $35/month for 50mbps service from Grande when I lived in Olmos Park.

[mgirdley]

TWC is already scared and improving their service. It's great. Thank you, google.