Google has unveiled plans to launch experimental fibre broadband networks in several U.S. cities offering one gigabit connections, far beyond what ISPs in North America currently offer.
Google To Launch 1 Gig Fibre Broadband Network
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This is excellent news. I would switch to Google in a heartbeat if they came to Ontario. Skynet is evolving.
Hopefully not in that particular direction!
I’m more partial to Robert J. Sawyer than to Harlan Ellison via James Cameron. 🙂
Big deal. A gigabit last mile connection means little. There are too many places in the pipes between where you are, and where the server is, to allow you to use more than a fraction of the throughput.
Serg. I’d love to be able to get something more than 14,400 bps at a reasonable price. The only option that I’ve got is satellite, and I live not that far outside of Ottawa. And no, I’ve looked into the local wireless companies, even had them out to do a survey.
Good news, but….
Don’t think for a minute the Big Four here won’t lobby to legislate a Google network illegal (or at least dumbed-down to low-megabit) up here 🙁