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Google Fiber - July 26th Announcement
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Kansas and Missouri
This is the best my ISP could offer me for my area. Please help GOOGLE! Save us Canadians
I get less than 1 Mb/s
ConfusingJazz
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I imagine it had to be a midsized city with preferable regulations to new infrastructure projects.
um yeah, not sure what was expected. As a testing ground it would fail miserably in a large city
ConfusingJazz
Member
And every time they tried to lay cable in a city like Boston, it would take a year to get every 10 feet approved. Hell, they had a hard enough time in Kansas City.
AstroNut325
Member
Save us Google... you're our only hope!
Cow Mengde
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Why is everyone excited? I mean, what's the price and speed? I need to know the pricing an speed before I get excited. I'm sure it can bring prices down a bit by having extra competition, but by how much?
ConfusingJazz
Member
the further down the political ladder you go, the more crony shit goes on. I can't believe municipal fiber hasn't taken off yet as its been successful in its few small places.
Im excited because Ill be getting fiber? The speeds on the major carriers here is terrible, and the price is high for what you are getting. I expect this to be at least on par pricewise with Verizons FiOS. That would be MORE than waaaaay better than Time Warner. Theres plenty to be excited about.
Price will be less than Cable companies - under $40 would be my guess (maybe much less).
Battersea Power Station
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"For the hell of it" might be a good description. Of course, they wish they could set this up all over the world instantly. But there are so many problems with infrastructure and legislation, that Google is willing to live with a negative outcome on this and write it off as a learning experience like Wave and Buzz and so many other products. This is a gamble -- a test to see if it's worth their time, money, and effort.
It's certainly not possible that this will come to a major city like New York in the next 10-15 years. Like, holy shit, not possible. And when that many years go by, technologies change and needs evolve.
and Verizon.
Seraphinianus
Banned
come to chicago, ya dinguses
heliosRAzi
Banned
State legislatures actively prohibit municipal internet.
ConfusingJazz
Member
It's 1Gbps.
Cow Mengde
Banned
For someone like me, I don't need 100Mb. I'd be happy with 10Mb for around 20 dollars. I don't do any heavy downloading. Perhaps they'll have different speed categories like Verizon. Different speeds at different prices.
its all bullshit... and i work for the largest ISP in the country. Municipal fiber would increase speed and satisfaction if done correctly. Not everyone is going to get covered by it, but well done suburbs, etc. would be perfect places to do this, and I'm sure would be a boon for local business and businesses looking to move in
heliosRAzi
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Nemesis121
Member
I am in Jersey and stuck with DSL and Cable slow ass speeds too, I would love to have Fiber in area...
ConfusingJazz
Member
This presentation is janky as shit. But:
Fuck yeah, Ill take some of that.
Think of all the porn I could download!
...er school projects and research..yeah...
heliosRAzi
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The presentation is stilted, but these speeds...
it would be much smoother if you were using Google Fiber.
edit... i thank god i'm not in the "average" speed group. Shit, i get 50/10 as my base internet.
heliosRAzi
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I have bandwith envy
Its time for Kansas city to save everyone. The more internet prices go up, data caps, and speed goes down, the easier the decision for google to jump in. In the long run, that stuff hurts their bottom line.
Lobbyists man, lobbyists. Its insane the power they have. There is one city that stood for its people, and forbid a mono/duopoly from forming. Forgot the name though. Wish more were like that.
This presentation is janky as shit. But:
Fuck yeah, Ill take some of that.
That is so sweeeeeeet. *drool*
AstroNut325
Member
This presentation is janky as shit. But:
Fuck yeah, Ill take some of that.
I'll pay $100 a month for that. Googy PLEASE! BRING THIS TO LOS ANGELES!
Cow Mengde
Banned
Guys, I see the light!!!
*gets down on knees and bows to google fiber*
*gets down on knees and bows to google fiber*
NintendoGal
Member
This presentation is bleh. We get it, it's fast. Give us the goods Google, announce other places!
heliosRAzi
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Google does this meanwhile, the telecomm companies are trying to implement caps
ConfusingJazz
Member
My jaw literally dropped when I heard that.
ZootedGranny
Member
GIVE ME THAT GOOGLE FIBER TELEVISION NOW.
Face it Tiger..
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*just announced: google fiber television*
EDIT: oh cool, just a troglodyte like me wasn't paying attention when it was announced.
EDIT: oh cool, just a troglodyte like me wasn't paying attention when it was announced.
And now Google Fiber TV.
Did Google just declare (small scale) war on...everyone?
nVidiot_Whore
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I hope it spreads.
But it's just Google going "Look at what can be done, if your entire company is just a giant advertising provider who has monetized most of the internet, so we can spend frivolously and not worry about getting much revenue for our costs in any market that spreads access to the internet we've monetized."
I just made google some money viewing this thread, viewing the page to type this post, and when I hit submit, and the thread is refreshed, I'll make them some more money.
BUT BRING THAT SHIT TO SEATTLE!
I know plenty of other cities can whine.. but.. Seattle has it TERRIBLE. And considering how tech heavy the economy is here, it makes no sense. Amazon.com is headquartered in the downtown of a city where people who can see skyscrapers from their apartments are limited to either Comcast (which granted, is decent, but it's still cable tech), or DSL that is often limited to 1.5Mb.
And even Comcast, in huge chunks of Seattle? The wiring is so bad you can barely use your internet and 1 HDTV at a time.
BLARGH!
But it's just Google going "Look at what can be done, if your entire company is just a giant advertising provider who has monetized most of the internet, so we can spend frivolously and not worry about getting much revenue for our costs in any market that spreads access to the internet we've monetized."
I just made google some money viewing this thread, viewing the page to type this post, and when I hit submit, and the thread is refreshed, I'll make them some more money.
BUT BRING THAT SHIT TO SEATTLE!
I know plenty of other cities can whine.. but.. Seattle has it TERRIBLE. And considering how tech heavy the economy is here, it makes no sense. Amazon.com is headquartered in the downtown of a city where people who can see skyscrapers from their apartments are limited to either Comcast (which granted, is decent, but it's still cable tech), or DSL that is often limited to 1.5Mb.
And even Comcast, in huge chunks of Seattle? The wiring is so bad you can barely use your internet and 1 HDTV at a time.
BLARGH!
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