Google announces 1 gb/second internet.

[Joecooool]

That's about 100 times faster than broadband -

https://fiber.google.com/about/

[mrvette]

Originally Posted by Joecooool

That's about 100 times faster than broadband -

https://fiber.google.com/about/

HOW in hell they going to deliver?? over existing infrastructure, or airwaves??

OK signed up, but not airwaves, they running their own fiber all over the country?? doubtful they got the money to do THAT, hell it was all one company could do with Railroad right of way access to do that trick some 15+ years ago, and they folded....

so what they going to do,? use Comcast fiber up on the poles here?? doubtful also....

[bsmith]

Originally Posted by TxAg

Kansas City Only.

For now, yes.
They won the chance to be first.

[bsmith]

Originally Posted by mrvette

HOW in hell they going to deliver?? over existing infrastructure, or airwaves??

New fiber network

[MrPeabody]

Originally Posted by bsmith

New fiber network

Should be available where I live in 2032.

[bsmith]

Originally Posted by MrPeabody

Should be available where I live in 2032.

That's how it has always worked.
It will be interesting to see how the USF stuff plays out.

[NeedSpeed]

Google Fiber to arrive this fall; $70 for gigabit service | Ars Technica

[bsmith]

Originally Posted by TxAg

So this really isn't big news then.

Unless you're one of the dorks in KC.

Depends on how you want to look at it.

It won't directly impact me, but I think it's cool as hell.
I'd love to see it put downward pressure on other ISP's...but I won't be holding my breath.

[78SA]

[bsmith]

I mentioned it in the thread at CF.

If google offers 5down/1up in KC (for FREE), people outside KC are not going to be happy paying $60-$70/mo for 5down/1up.

I know of ISP's that currently charge $100/mo for a 10M connection...not far from KC.
And that is with brand new fiber plant.
That is absolutely blown away by google's offerings.

They won't be a direct competitor, but it could be a downward force on prices.
At least it makes sense in my feeble little mind.

[bsmith]

Originally Posted by TxAg

Do I think it's cool? Yeah.

Do I think it's lame starting with Kansas City? Yeah.

They had a contest.

[bsmith]

One interesting thing is availability of fiber.

A couple months ago, fiber was 6-months out.
Not as bad now, but supply cannot keep up with demand as it is.

[bsmith]

Originally Posted by Waco

KC won for good reason - they beat everyone else who was shooting for it.


My fiancee (and possibly I) will be working to make that fiber cable fairly shortly if things work out well.

Good luck

I've not been around too much recently, how is the health?

[Chris Fowler]

My broadband is 100Mb...so that would only be 10x faster.

[C5SilverBullet]

"Free Internet at today's average speed" is pretty cool too.

[Jay13]

Originally Posted by Waco

to be able to actually serve you at that rate
I happen to be hanging off of a VERY fat pipe

Once the internet proved that it could stream porn by buffering more videoand audio than was required to see/hear thigh-to-ass-cheek-slapping in realtime, is there really anything more to achieve for the masses?

[bsmith]

Originally Posted by C5SilverBullet

"Free Internet at today's average speed" is pretty cool too.

$300 up front or $25 per month for the first year, then it's free.
I'd be all over that.

[pappytinker]

When I retired from the phone company in 2002 they had fiber capable of carrying 600 Gb/s so 1 Gb/s today isn't such a big thing. The infrastructure that is already in the ground is quite capable of those transmission rates. They can simply attach equipment to the ends of the fiber that has better laser transmitters and more sensitive optical receivers. With color multiplexing they are already into the multi-Tb/s range.

[NeedSpeed]

Then it's also the weakest link. Moving the data is fine, but the fiber needs to go to the house.

[bsmith]

Originally Posted by Waco

The cable bandwidth isn't the big thing (actually moving the data is)...it's the fact that they can get it to everyone in Kansas City for $70 a month.

Long haul data transfer is hard. Before I busted my head I was working with ORNL for long-distance data transfers. Even saturating a 100 Gbps pipe is difficult when you're doing it over a couple thousand miles and that's point to point.

Thousands of feet are MUCH different than thousands of miles.
In 2002, most companies around here were ahead of the curve if they did Fiber to a node, and served customers off twisted copper.
I started where I work in 2000, and we did that kind of network and we've ALREADY rebuilt plant ( to fiber to the home (fttp))in the last few years.
2002 to today is a different world.

Technically, my local telco has 1gig pipe to my house right now...
The best they offer is 10M for $100/mo.