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.

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.

Ahh gotcha - correlation without causation then, I suppose?

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

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.

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