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Heck yeah! Google fiber may be coming to nashville!
Posted on 2/19/14 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 2/19/14 at 12:17 pm
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Posted on 2/19/14 at 12:31 pm to CAD703X
I have a friend in Kansas that has it,crazy fast.
Posted on 2/19/14 at 12:38 pm to CAD703X
I don't pretend to know all about cabling but someone answer me this.
If you run fiber to a junction and still standard cables/wires from there to the home, how the hell is it faster? Are you still limited by what the existing cable/wire can handle?
If you run fiber to a junction and still standard cables/wires from there to the home, how the hell is it faster? Are you still limited by what the existing cable/wire can handle?
Posted on 2/19/14 at 12:42 pm to roadGator
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If you run fiber to a junction and still standard cables/wires from there to the home, how the hell is it faster? Are you still limited by what the existing cable/wire can handle?
current copper connections are WAAAAAAY faster than what comcrap and cox and att deliver to you.
yes, a fiber backbone simply means there's less congestion coming to your neighborhood so you can watch youtube and netflix without buffering.
in the early days i used to uncap my cable modem (before they started banning people for life) and my speed was INSANE.
now comcast trickles out data like its a rare jewel so people are fooled into paying higher and higher prices for 'premium' bandwidth.
frick comcast.
i for one welcome my nosy privacy-raping google overlords.
Posted on 2/19/14 at 12:53 pm to CAD703X
I want some!
Posted on 2/19/14 at 12:53 pm to CAD703X
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frick comcast.
i for one welcome my nosy privacy-raping google overlords.
Posted on 2/19/14 at 1:12 pm to CAD703X
Can't wait until it comes here.
Posted on 2/19/14 at 1:30 pm to spslayto
I bought one share of Google since I think it'll be the next big conglomerate like GE. They just keep inventing shite like no tomorrow. I know a lot of their shite has yet come to market but it's just a matter of time. Driverless cars, renewable energy, Fiber networks, and now medical with their Calico project.
I'm ready for cable companies to take a beating with their insane prices. Bring it on!
I'm ready for cable companies to take a beating with their insane prices. Bring it on!
Posted on 2/19/14 at 1:40 pm to roadGator
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I don't pretend to know all about cabling but someone answer me this.
If you run fiber to a junction and still standard cables/wires from there to the home, how the hell is it faster? Are you still limited by what the existing cable/wire can handle?
A cat5e/6 run from the junction box to the firewall/router would solve that. I'd have to assume that's a part of most installations.
Posted on 2/19/14 at 1:47 pm to spslayto
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Can't wait until it comes here.
Baton Rouge was one of the final 3 cities for Google Fiber originally. If you believe the rumor mill, BR lost out because the governor's wife's charity is sponsored by AT&T.
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But yes, it would be a huge boost for business in BR. There have been businesses from all across the nation relocate to Lafayette in large part because of their muni-fiber network.
This post was edited on 2/19/14 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 2/19/14 at 1:51 pm to CAD703X
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If you run fiber to a junction and still standard cables/wires from there to the home, how the hell is it faster? Are you still limited by what the existing cable/wire can handle?
Copper CAT5 can easily handle Gigabit transfer speeds, full duplex...now, people who refuse to run cable and only wireless? Yeah, they won't see anywhere near the capability of gigabit fiber to their home.
Also, I don't know what y'all are talking about bitching about Comcast. I get nearly 80 x 15 Mbps speed tests and routinly get torrents downloading over 5 MB/s. My Comcast is crazy fast.
Posted on 2/19/14 at 1:53 pm to jdd48
I already have gigabit fiber in Chattanooga. I am more limited by servers being able to supply me with a connection fast enough to keep up with my bandwidth than the short copper run from the fiber switchover.
Posted on 2/19/14 at 1:54 pm to jdd48
suddenlink is pure bs. the fastest speed i can pay for is 30mbps. wtf id like the price to be $30 not $65 this is horse shite
Posted on 2/19/14 at 1:55 pm to Casty McBoozer
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I get nearly 80 x 15 Mbps speed tests and routinly get torrents downloading over 5 MB/s. My Comcast is crazy fast.
that's only half the story. they're throttling youtube & netflix..and it gets worse every month. comcast and uverse are barely above DSL now
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THANKS NET NEUTRALITY. now comcast doesn't have to claim they aren't throttling their competition.
Posted on 2/19/14 at 2:02 pm to CAD703X
someone needs to CALL COMCAST AND RAISE HELL,if enough people will do it then maybe things will change.
Posted on 2/19/14 at 4:38 pm to bleedtechblue
still believe netflix isn't being throttled?
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Netflix has recorded a 14 percent drop in average speeds for its shows as it battles with Internet service providers over how it pays to transmit content to subscribers, the Wall Street Journal reported. The decrease in speed is particularly worse on Verizon Communications Inc.’s fiber-optic FiOS service and comes as Netflix releases the new season of its Emmy-winning series “House of Cards.” The center of the dispute is how much Netflix should pay Verizon to stream its data. As Americas stream more data-heavy online movies and TV shows, costs to the broadband providers go up. Netflix doesn't want to pay extra fees to use broadband providers' networks, but Verizon, Comcast Corp. AT&T Inc. and Time Warner Cable Inc. are insisting on payment. The slowdown also comes after an appeals court ruled in favor of Verizon’s lawsuit over net neutrality rules, saying the Federal Communications Commission doesn’t have the authority to enforce current net neutrality standards that prevent Verizon from charging more to Netflix or other video streaming, data-heavy sites (read much more about that - and why all of Silicon Valley should care - here).
Posted on 2/19/14 at 5:03 pm to CAD703X
We have the worst price to speed ratio of any developed country
Posted on 2/19/14 at 5:29 pm to bleedtechblue
I wished C Spire would hurry up and get their service going in Mississippi.
Posted on 2/19/14 at 5:43 pm to CAD703X
I'm a telecom engineer working on the Google Fiber project in Austin. Their original intent was to shame all of the other providers into offering customers better service, but now they are expanding it. And yes, it is awesome.
This post was edited on 2/19/14 at 5:44 pm
Posted on 2/19/14 at 5:47 pm to ImOnTheBoat
Sounds like you learned to dance sarcastically?
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