Giant company Google has recently acquired the required permission to install antennas around Kansas City's poles and structures as part of their experiment.
This new technology could provide a citywide wireless connectivity in Kansas City.
Google asked and was a granted a two-year permission to install several antennas in eight different key areas around the city. The members of the city council voted 11-2, in favor of the project.
Robert Jystad, a representative from Google, said that one of the reasons why they are pushing for the project is the inability of existing Wi-Fi connections and cell networks to catch up with the fast-growing demand for bandwidth.
Google has already brought super-speed Internet to the area more or less four years ago. Now, it is time to take it a notch higher. They would want to see if it's possible to use wireless technology in places that are too difficult for cables to be buried.
If it works, Kansas City would become the "most wired and wireless place in the world to tap into the Internet," The Kansas City Star reported.
It is still a blur in terms of the workability of the experiment. The company is not sure how and when the wireless connection could become useful to consumers. However, they are looking for the project's completion by the end of 2017.
It is still unclear in terms of the period of time it would take to attach these antennas to city light poles and even inside the buildings in these eight test areas. Furthermore, Google does not also know the length of time it would take to test the system.
According to STLToday, Google has already spent hundred millions of dollars "to string fiber-optic lines on utility poles and underground in creating its Google Fiber service in the metropolitan area - the first region in the U.S. chosen for the 1 gigabit service."
