lousiest July 27, 2012 Share lousiest Member July 27, 2012 http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/gigabit_google_fiber_plans_unveiled_include_traditional_tv_and_free_internet_option Come to WA!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madvillain July 27, 2012 Share Madvillain Member July 27, 2012 Google is stepping it up, pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flitterkill July 27, 2012 Share Flitterkill GC Board Member July 27, 2012 They've been sitting on this dark fiber for what? A decade almost? About time they did something with it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinkadeus July 27, 2012 Share Cinkadeus Member July 27, 2012 I'd give my left testicle for that. I'm out in the sticks of rural AL with 6MB down / .5MB up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aarkovi July 27, 2012 Share Aarkovi Member July 27, 2012 I still don't see how ISPs get away with tricking customers with MB (megabytes) and Mb (megabits). Now people are running around thinking they can downloading 1gig files in a second. It's some dumb loophole that allows them to falsely advertise. (For those unfamiliar with the difference, 1MB = 8Mb, so you're actually getting 125MB/second. Still, it's impressive, and it'll only take 8 seconds to download a gig, but I still think that it's just flat out tricking customers.) Also, as amazing as it is, I don't think a lot of people will make enough use of the speed to justify the $70/mo. When I start production of my animation project, I will most likely get this for uploads to FTP servers (or shell out the $24k for Aspera, lol); but the average person will find more than enough speed in a standard 10 or 15 Mb/s connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lousiest July 27, 2012 Author Share lousiest Member July 27, 2012 $70/mo, yup, that's what I pay Comcast now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValenAlvern July 28, 2012 Share ValenAlvern Member July 28, 2012 Remember GoogleTV?...me either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lousiest July 28, 2012 Author Share lousiest Member July 28, 2012 but it's coming.. soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aarkovi July 31, 2012 Share Aarkovi Member July 31, 2012 Right now you can only get it if you live in one of the two Kansas Cities. Guess no parties for the rest of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lousiest March 21, 2013 Author Share lousiest Member March 21, 2013 Google Fiber Expands 1Gbps Internet Service To Another City: Olathe, Kansas (source) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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