Large swaths of the Bay Area can get gigabit internet.. especially at offices where the startups will be performing their work. I'm at a non-tech company with ~100 employees in the Presidio and a speedtest runs at 220mbps.
There's been a slow roll-out to consumers, but much of SF is now covered by Webpass, Sonic, Monkeybrains, etc. Even Comcast is offering multiple-hundred mbps cable internet now. The number of techies who are materially impacted by 200mbps vs. 1,000mbps is so small to be irrelevant when talking about regional startup trends.
There's been a slow roll-out to consumers, but much of SF is now covered by Webpass, Sonic, Monkeybrains, etc. Even Comcast is offering multiple-hundred mbps cable internet now. The number of techies who are materially impacted by 200mbps vs. 1,000mbps is so small to be irrelevant when talking about regional startup trends.