Google Fiber

ShaneU

https://fiber.google.com/about/

"1 GB per second" :eek: "100 times faster than average speeds in America"

America only at launch it seems

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9v11qJTG8o

KatiexKOUTURE--

Seems an unbelievable service alright. Bit more info on the price plans that are avalible. The $300 seems very good. 10mb broadband for 7 years minimum for $300 sounds like a winner.

Google is offering three plans for pre-registration.

Anyone who pays a one-time $300 fee (to cover home fiber-line construction) can have US-average broadband speeds free, guaranteed for at least seven years.

For $70 per month, users can upgrade to gigabit service. That’s the whole monthly price—no introductory rates that double after six months—and that includes the wifi-equipped Network Box. Google will even throw in 1TB of Google Drive cloud storage. Oh, and a two-year contract waives that $300 setup fee.

For $120 per month you get the “whole Google experience.” Again, the network box and 1TB on Google Drive come bundled; and a two-year contract still waives the fiber construction fee. But that $120/mo. will net you all this other stuff too:

-A TV Box with “hundreds” of basic fiber channels (click here for the full list) to replace your cable service (Premium channels will be available as add-ons.)

-On-demand movies and TV shows, plus out-of-the-box support for Netflix & Youtube.

-A networked 2TB DVR “Storage Box” (That’s enough space for 500 hours of HD programming, and the TV Box can record up to 8 programs at a time.)

-A totally free Nexus 7 tablet—your remote control for the TV box

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2012/07/26/google-fiber-could-revolutionize-internet-and-tv-service

-=al=-

That's damn impressive and i like the 10$ fee, money gets **** done

I can't wait to avail of this in 40 years time :pac:

RobertFoster

-=al=- wrote: »

I can't wait to avail of this in 40 years time :pac:

"Would eircom ever feckin' invest in the network! The majority of the country are stuck with only 1GB/s, while those in urban areas are getting 100GB/s FTTC*..."

Fibre to the Cranium

-=al=-

If Eircom can only get my landline in a location of Dublin 22 to recieve a MAX of 1Mb in 2012... I have little hope for 2052!

ShaneU

They're even throwing in a free nexus 7 tablet for people who take the TV package.

roast

That's pretty awesome.

funnyname

Maybe they'll buy CIE's fibre infrastructure and roll out ftth to every household in Ireland.

What can I say, I dream in gigabits per nanosecond!

shaneb92

the only "downside" is that they will be able to moniter everything you do on the intenet, not just what you type in google.
But at 1GB/second who gives a monkey

Big Lar

I heard that they are going to be blocking torrents :eek:

MrO

Big Lar wrote: »

I heard that they are going to be blocking torrents :eek:

Where did you hear that?

who_me

-=al=- wrote: »

That's damn impressive and i like the 10$ fee, money gets **** done

I can't wait to avail of this in 40 years time :pac:

In fairness, things are improving here very quickly. I remember maybe 10 years ago pestering Eircom reps on the phone asking when the 'blisteringly quick' 512Kbps broadband would be launching, now I have 120Mbps. A 240x increase in ~10 years isn't too bad, more like 2000x if you go back to 56Kbps modems.

We're getting to the point (in urban areas at least) where available speeds are more than sufficient for streaming a few simultaneous HD streams, and music etc. Hell, for a lot of people now their home network is slower than their broadband.

I guess the biggest problem here is the availability outside the cities.

shaneb92

Big Lar wrote: »

I heard that they are going to be blocking torrents :eek:

That better not be true

MrO

Highly unlikely...unless they are somehow forced

Big Lar

MrO wrote: »

Big Lar wrote: »

I heard that they are going to be blocking torrents :eek:

Where did you hear that?

Internet

starviewadams

That is awesome and infuriating in equal measure,awesome because well it's awesome,and infuriating because I doubt any decent % of the country will ever see speeds like that anytime in the near future.

Shane732

who_me wrote: »

In fairness, things are improving here very quickly. I remember maybe 10 years ago pestering Eircom reps on the phone asking when the 'blisteringly quick' 512Kbps broadband would be launching, now I have 120Mbps. A 240x increase in ~10 years isn't too bad, more like 2000x if you go back to 56Kbps modems.

We're getting to the point (in urban areas at least) where available speeds are more than sufficient for streaming a few simultaneous HD streams, and music etc. Hell, for a lot of people now their home network is slower than their broadband.

I guess the biggest problem here is the availability outside the cities.

Emmm.... I'm lucky to get 512kbps from Eircom.

So that would be an increase of x0 in 10 years.

Shane732

Apparently Eircom are on the verge of launching a similar service.....

My f*cking ar*e.

LoGiE

Big Lar wrote: »

I heard that they are going to be blocking torrents :eek:

Thousands of websites use it for legitimate reasons so with out a link or source of any kind I'm calling shenanigans on your post.

Isn't this just for Kansas City anyway? Google will have a tough time ousting Comcast et al from the rest of the stat

BopNiblets

Someone needs to tweet this to eircom and the local ISPs asking when they plan to make a similar service available here, watch them publicly squirm in their inadequacy.

BopNiblets

BopNiblets wrote: »

Someone needs to tweet this to eircom and the local ISPs asking when they plan to make a similar service available here, watch them publicly squirm in their inadequacy.

In fairness, only a very small percentage of the internet users in Ireland would actually use this speed. I'm on 60Mb from UPC and its fine for downloading pretty much anything tbh. And with UPC offering speeds of 120Mb, anyone who's needs more than that should probably move out of Ireland...

MrO

Deleted User wrote: »

In fairness, only a very small percentage of the internet users in Ireland would actually use this speed. I'm on 60Mb from UPC and its fine for downloading pretty much anything tbh. And with UPC offering speeds of 120Mb, anyone who's needs more than that should probably move out of Ireland...

But how many people in Ireland actually have access to UPCs 120Mbit/s offer?

who_me

Shane732 wrote: »

Emmm.... I'm lucky to get 512kbps from Eircom.

So that would be an increase of x0 in 10 years.

Hah. Ok, in that case I understand.

(Though 10 years ago, you probably had a 56Kbps modem, so it's more like a 9x increase :P) The top speeds have increased well in Ireland, but outside of the urban centres it's still quite poor.

MrO

It's hard to know what Googles agenda is here...they are promoting this as some kind of 'let's show the world how it can be done' type of thing. It'll be interesting to see what (if any) other FTTx projects they take on.

It would be just like them to walk away from this too...

fclauson

MrO wrote: »

It's hard to know what Googles agenda is here.....

Simple - own the access to the content allows you to see what content users are using and thus determine the contents value - you can then charge the content providers more to promote the content which has the higher value

MrO

Makes sense, although with such a large chunk of the search and advertising market...how much more would you learn? And does becoming a service provider really cost in when your margins are so high anyway?

Interesting stuff, it always looked like Google were building their own network i.e. less relient on carriers for their traffic...it's just that the jump to retail service provider and building your own access networks seems like a biggie to me

F*ck it, I suppose they can afford to indulge in these things :-)

briany

I agree that's an amazing speed but I'm concerned about the idea of Google ever "owning" the internet to that extent. Some may say that they already do but they built their reputation on customer satisfaction and basically being the best at what they do, they're still reliant on not not pissing off their customers too much in order to stay on top. If they own the network, the infrastructure, they don't particularly need to worry about treating customers fairly or maintaining an open internet/network neutrality.

lowelife

who_me wrote: »

Hah. Ok, in that case I understand.

(Though 10 years ago, you probably had a 56Kbps modem, so it's more like a 9x increase :P) The top speeds have increased well in Ireland, but outside of the urban centres it's still quite poor.

Thats a very polite way of putting it....and also quite a understatement

randomperson12

that be great if they brought it here

Cabaal

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