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What exactly is Google Fiber
Posted on 8/3/14 at 4:04 pm
Posted on 8/3/14 at 4:04 pm
Is it just really advanced Fiber Optics? I'm having trouble understanding the hype behind it.
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Posted on 8/3/14 at 4:11 pm to 337Tiger19
Fiber to the home offering very high speed internet access at a very competitive price. Google has rolled it out in about a dozen cities with more to come. It's offered in three tiers including a free 5 mbps connection for a one-time installation fee of $300, a gigabit connnection (up and down) for $70 a month and gigabit plus TV for $120 a month.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 4:17 pm to 337Tiger19
All I know is the ISPs are scared to death of it, and trying to derail the project by hook or by crook, so it must be pretty good.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 4:22 pm to Layabout
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a gigabit connnection (up and down) for $70 a month
Posted on 8/3/14 at 4:26 pm to 337Tiger19
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Is it just really advanced Fiber Optics?
No, it's the same glass as always but it doesn't switch over to copper before delivering it's signal to your modem/router. Glass has very, very little resistance compared to copper so the possible speeds are very different.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 4:57 pm to 337Tiger19
quote:similar to metamucil
What exactly is Google Fiber
Posted on 8/3/14 at 5:27 pm to 337Tiger19
Baton Rouge came pretty close to getting this. I'm sure it is amazing. The sad part is that I think Google is the precursor to Skynet.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 5:37 pm to jmarto1
quote:Well since Google already monitors their customers email accounts, I think I would have a hard time using Google as an ISP.
Baton Rouge came pretty close to getting this. I'm sure it is amazing. The sad part is that I think Google is the precursor to Skynet.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 5:41 pm to 337Tiger19
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I'm having trouble understanding the hype behind it.
$70/month for a 1 gig connection both up and down. This means you can simultaneously stream 3-4 football games while at the same time watch your favorite porn. And upload video of yourself drinking/masturbating. All in HD. For $70/month.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 5:43 pm to drizztiger
quote:Everyone is getting monitored. So why not get 1G connection out of it.
Well since Google already monitors their customers email accounts
Posted on 8/3/14 at 5:44 pm to foshizzle
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$70/month for a 1 gig connection both up and down. This means you can simultaneously stream 3-4 football games while at the same time watch your favorite porn. And upload video of yourself drinking/masturbating. All in HD. For $70/month.
The American dream.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 6:15 pm to ell_13
quote:True. But not as blatantly as Google.
Everyone is getting monitored. So why not get 1G connection out of it.
You have nude pics on gmail, Google has already seen them.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 6:29 pm to drizztiger
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a gigabit connnection (up and down)
Posted on 8/3/14 at 6:30 pm to ell_13
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Everyone is getting monitored.
This.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 6:36 pm to TigerMyth36
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similar to metamucil
They were storing it on barges but recently abandoned that project, at least in Maine.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 6:44 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
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They were storing it on barges but recently abandoned that project, at least in Maine.
False.
That was their very own Cube Project.
If you made it out alive, you got 1 year of free fiber.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 7:00 pm to TigerMyth36
What is the difference between this and when companies like charter say they have a fiber network?
Posted on 8/3/14 at 7:03 pm to Mr Gardoki
Fiber to the home is the difference.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 7:18 pm to ILikeLSUToo
Well the good thing is some other companies are stepping up to offer similar services
Posted on 8/3/14 at 9:31 pm to Jim Rockford
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All I know is the ISPs are scared to death of it, and trying to derail the project by hook or by crook, so it must be pretty good
Google has the capital to do it and ATT, Comcast and Cox have to be quaking in their boots. It's about time.
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