Google Testing High-Speed Fiber Network At Stanford Res Halls

GovTechGuy writes with this news from "Google has reached an agreement to build its first ultra-high speed broadband network near Stanford University, the search giant announced on Thursday. The agreement with Stanford means the university's residential subdivision will be the first place to test Internet speeds up to one gigabit per second, more than 100 times faster than the typical broadband connection in the US. The plan is to break ground early next year." That might just be worth $50,576 per year to have.

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That might be worth ...

[damn_registrars]

To some students, it might be. Sadly enough I know someone who chose their undergraduate institution based on the ping times they got to their favorite gaming servers; he actually carried a notebook with him to each school he considered, and wrote down the ping times from each school to his favorite servers.

I'm sure you'll be shocked to know he graduated with less-than-stellar grades, and then took a rather mediocre job afterwards.

Re:What other bottlenecks?

[Wesley Felter]

This isn't a Stanford network; it's a Google network so it will probably connect to the GoogleBone. If you thought Google was fast now, just imagine - with this network you probably get search results before you type the query.

Re:Fiber

[MrEricSir]

If you're attempting to get meaningful information from Slashdot comments, you're the one doing it wrong.

Re:What other bottlenecks?

[rpmonkey]

but what bone is the Google Bone connected to?

I think I speak for all of us when I say

[Matt Perry]

Please seed!