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Google's Experimental Fiber Network
gmuslera writes "Not enough speed from your ISP? Google seems to go into that market too. 'We're planning to build and test ultra high-speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the United States. We'll deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today with 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections. We plan to offer service at a competitive price to at least 50,000 and potentially up to 500,000 people.' The goal isnt just to give ultra fast speed for some lucky ones, but to test under that conditions things like new generations of apps, and deployment techniques that take advantage of it." If they need a test neighborhood, I'm sure mine would be willing.
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I'm sure more people wish you were available to them too ;-)
I just tried to 'recommend my community' and apparently one needs to be part of some community organization to make the recommendation. I wonder if 'my house' can be considered a community organization?
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Ostrich farming.
23 comments about a 1 gigabit home connection, and not one of them has even mentioned the word "porn"?!? Man, you guys are slipping...
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
True. But someday the exact wrong combo of people will have control, and on that day net neutrality, as a concept that applies to the wider populace, will die (perhaps to later be resurrected, but by then, the damage is done). Then, everybody is selling bullshit. Google is positioning itself for that day. If they can emerge as the top dog when it ceases to be a question of personal freedom/privacy and begins a new life as an issue of corporate volition (due, in no small part to the political boondoggle that is corporate personhood), they'll be the top dog for a looooooong time to come. Christ, I'm negative today.
Privacy protection; and ad-blocking.
May the Maths Be with you!
That would require reading, but he probably got some of his populist-angst-froth in his eyes, making this difficult.
Problem: All the competition is incompetent. Google is not. Google will move in to this area, destroy everyone else, and then there will be no more "competition" (not that there necessarily was any before). In the end, we might end up with but one ISP....
Even if that happens, we'll still be (slightly) better off. Rather than have incompetent ISPs with no competition, we'll have a competent ISP with no competition.
You can sign up for the beta here.
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where's the like button? it's on buzz, facebook, and even twitter has RT
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You do understand the concept of RTFA ... oh wait. I see.
Infuriate left and right
I would expect the service to come down with time
Well, with Comcast, the service DOES go down with time. Unfortunately the more the service goes down, the more the price goes up.
Free Martian Whores!
Ugh... did you just hope Google massively oversells their lines like /. complains about all ISPs doing for years....And get modded up?