kevinrossen.com » verizon fios http://kevinrossen.com a blog about tech, sports, and life Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:22:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Google’s Newest Experiment: 1 Gbps Fiber to the Home http://kevinrossen.com/tech/googles-newest-experiment-1-gbps-fiber-to-the-home/ http://kevinrossen.com/tech/googles-newest-experiment-1-gbps-fiber-to-the-home/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:04:40 +0000 Kevin Rossen http://kevinrossen.com/?p=811 Google announced today that they’re going to start experimenting with delivering extremely fast internet directly to people’s homes. As in, 1 Gbps. That’s blazing fast no matter who you are. To put the speed in perspective compare it to my current ISP. I currently have 15 Mbps from Verizon Fios, so Google’s planned service would be 67 times faster than what I have now. That would be incredible. I really, really hope Flower Mound, TX gets early access to this, but I won’t hold my breath.

In their blog announcement, Google said that one of the reasons they’re doing this was to help developers create cool new web services and apps. They wrote:

Next generation apps: We want to see what developers and users can do with ultra high-speeds, whether it’s creating new bandwidth-intensive “killer apps” and services, or other uses we can’t yet imagine.

Check out the video announcement below:

Your thoughts?


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