Is Google Fiber Going to Austin?

There has been an explosion of rumors that Google Fiber is going to expand to Austin soon. And for the most part, those rumors are correct. Yesterday on the Google Fiber News section, a peculiar banner showed up: Google Fiber is Expanding to Austin, Texas. That pretty much sums up that Google Fiber will in fact be expanding to Austin Texas. Unfortunately, we do not have a timeline on rollout; so you Austinites probably have a year to get the celebration ready. Despite Google promoting that Fiber is what every American needs, do we actually need it? Google Fiber gives a speed of around 1 Gigabit per second. That is way faster than the average Joe Schmoe will need. And there is nothing we really need that speed for; besides for streaming movies on Netflix faster. Hopefully, Google or a third-party will come out with an application or product that will make you really want that 1 GB/s. Until then, I'm fine with my Comcast 100 MB/s.