| It has to be "evolution"... ... because it certainly isn't intelligent design.
Over the next year or two Google Fiber will show people what's really possible. And incumbent ISP's will either adapt quickly or face a storm of public criticism and make it easier for politicians to start holding their feet to the fire.
I hope. |
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AVonGaussPremium
join:2007-11-01
Boynton Beach, FL | Eh, Google Fiber will have its own nuances and they would need to spread to more areas in order to make any kind of dramatic impact on the incumbent providers. While I would love to see the concept spread nationwide via Google or any other provider, I think its much more likely we'll see the proverbial "BETA" tag slapped on it for the next decade. |
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 GbcueP.E.Premium
join:2001-09-30
Santa Rosa, CA
kudos:8 | reply to binkleym
said by binkleym:... because it certainly isn't intelligent design.
Over the next year or two Google Fiber will show people what's really possible. And incumbent ISP's will either adapt quickly or face a storm of public criticism and make it easier for politicians to start holding their feet to the fire.
I hope.
Precisely what the whole project was to start with. |
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elray
join:2000-12-16
Santa Monica, CA | reply to binkleym
said by binkleym:Over the next year or two Google Fiber will show people what's really possible. And incumbent ISP's will either adapt quickly or face a storm of public criticism and make it easier for politicians to start holding their feet to the fire.
Google is already showing what's possible. $300 installation charge, 2-year contract, and a $70/month minimum. Providing, of course, you can convince enough of your neighbors to follow you over the cliff.
Comcast and other MS0s already offer similar rates as "business class", capless. And Google prohibits servers. |
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GbcueP.E.Premium
join:2001-09-30
Santa Rosa, CA
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1 edit | Dupe. |
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GbcueP.E.Premium
join:2001-09-30
Santa Rosa, CA
kudos:8 | reply to elray
said by elray:said by binkleym:Over the next year or two Google Fiber will show people what's really possible. And incumbent ISP's will either adapt quickly or face a storm of public criticism and make it easier for politicians to start holding their feet to the fire.
Google is already showing what's possible. $300 installation charge, 2-year contract, and a $70/month minimum. Providing, of course, you can convince enough of your neighbors to follow you over the cliff. Comcast and other MS0s already offer similar rates as "business class", capless. And Google prohibits servers. Comcast offers a 1Gbps line for $70? Since when? |
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | reply to elray
To add to what gbcue said, Comcast offers 1Gpbs upstream? While I've heard of DOCSIS 3.0 1Gbps downstream possibilities, I've never heard of anything like that for upstream. Right now upstream paths are usually limited to low mhz frequencies that are quite noisy and probably make it impossible to use large QAM encoding techniques. I think they are working to remove these limitations by allowing return paths to use higher mhz frequencies but until they do, these technicalities prevent really fast uploads.
Google's service is symmetrical -- 1Gbps/1Gbps. |
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 FBGuyPremium
join:2005-03-19
Evanston, IL | reply to elray
$300 installation is waved unless you want the free service. $70/month gigabit service has the installation waved. |
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 tshirtPremium,MVM
join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
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said by Gbcue:said by elray:said by binkleym:Over the next year or two Google Fiber will show people what's really possible. And incumbent ISP's will either adapt quickly or face a storm of public criticism and make it easier for politicians to start holding their feet to the fire.
Google is already showing what's possible. $300 installation charge, 2-year contract, and a $70/month minimum. Providing, of course, you can convince enough of your neighbors to follow you over the cliff. Comcast and other MS0s already offer similar rates as "business class", capless. And Google prohibits servers. Comcast offers a 1Gbps line for $70? Since when? Do you think googles charges are realistic for the investment and commitments they made?
Do you think any publicly held, for profit company that did not have googles deep pockets could profitable build a similar network and offer similar services?
Do you believe that google really cares about the profitablity of this network? or are they, as they have previously said, more interested in see how this works out in the long(er) run? (social and economic changes to the area |
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