For some reason, the New York Times decided to lead into their story with this trash-talk: “Minnesota sports teams are not known for coming in first. But the Twin Cities are now out in front in at least one respect: Comcast plans to announce Thursday that it is beginning the introduction of a new broadband Internet technology in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region, starting this week.”
Coincidentally, David Letterman was poking fun and the city’s own New York Nicks with his Top Ten Questions On The Job Application For New York Knicks President.
The jump to 50 Mbps (“Extreme High-Speed Internet”) is the biggest residential internet service bandwidth increase since Google launched their revolutionary TiSP service last year.
Thanks to Gil for letting me know about Google’s TiSP service.