Why start something as hip as super-fast internet in MINNEAPOLIS?!?

Comcast has started offering a super-fast Internet service that allows customers to download a high-definition movie in 10 minutes.

The new premium service was launched in the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis-St. Paul, and marks a leap in connection speeds for Comcast. The new service offers speeds starting at 50 megabits per second, compared with the previous fastest connection speeds of 16 mb per second.

Comcast said the new service is aimed at residential and business customers. But at $149.95 a month, compared with about $50 a month for its usual service, it is likely to attract businesses or very heavy residential users, such as video game players or movie download fans.
The company plans to increase speeds on the service, eventually offering speeds of 100 mb to 160 mb per second.
[if you were wondering, FiOs works at about 30 mb]