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Google Testing High-Speed Fiber Network At Stanford Res Halls

Posted by timothy on from the should-be-cosponsored-by-seagate dept.

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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  1. Fiber by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ~10 years ago, Palo Alto installed a fiber network at a great expense.

    I wonder if they're leveraging this existing network, or laying new fiber?

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  2. How convenient... by Luke+has+no+name · · Score: 2, Interesting

    After all the hubbub, they put their fiber network in their own back yard. Real surprising, guys.

    1. Re:How convenient... by Hooya · · Score: 2, Interesting

      PornPerCapita (PPC) might just be the new meme to replace LoC...

  3. What about Peter Lothberg's Mom ? by mbone · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...the first place to test Internet speeds up to one gigabit per second

    I think not. Peter Lothberg's Mom has had 40 Gbps for over 3 years now.

  4. Australia's already got Gb to the home by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

    As an election stunt last month or so, the Australian Government got the knob turned on the new National Broadband Network, being rolled out right now, setting it to 1Gbps instead of 100Mbps. So I think Australia beats Google.

  5. Re:One gigabit per second by Facegarden · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think a certain university network I know has (had?) 10 GB/day. However, that did not apply to intra-campus bandwidth so it only encouraged people to access the ridiculous amounts available locally.

    Aww man, that just reminded me of the private P2P network my buddies setup in college a few years ago. It was totally local and private, and it was invite only, so there was basically no risk of getting caught. Very much content was shared over that link.

    Ahh, the good ol days.
    -Taylor

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  6. Gigabit since 2004 in dorms at U of Minnesota by Paktu · · Score: 2, Interesting

    When I was a freshman there, they installed gigabit ethernet in all of the dorms. This was way back in 2004. I can't find anything that old, but here's a source from 2006 to confirm it: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2075070,00.asp