Pay TV be afraid, of Google Fiber

Google probably doesn’t have the money to blanket the nation in its Fiber. But it can cover enough ground to disrupt the pay TV business with a superior ISP/video solution. While even its vast cash resources won’t allow it to roll out Fiber to every TV home in the U.S., Google Fiber is something pay TV operators should be afraid of. “Google Inc. is reinventing the business of pay TV and broadband — and it may not need to wire every U.S. city to make an impact Two weeks ago, in Kansas City, Google launched a new fiber-based broadband and video service. For $120 a month, subscribers get uncapped internet access that’s 172 times faster than the national average. They get a 2 terabyte DVR, capable of recording up to 500 hours of programming and eight shows at one time. And they get an as yet incomplete but growing selection of basic cable channels, albeit one that currently lacks such powerful draws as Disney’s ESPN, News Corp.’s Fox News and AMC