Google to Offer 1 Gigabit Fiber-to-the-home

[Jon Childs]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/think-big-with-gig-our-experimental.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/MKuf+(Official+Google+Blog)' target='_blank'>http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010...al+Google+Blog)</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"We're planning to build and test ultra high-speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the United States. We'll deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today with 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections. We plan to offer service at a competitive price to at least 50,000 and potentially up to 500,000 people."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/wpt/auto/1265942027.usr486.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></p><p>Google is going to lay fiber to up to 500,000 homes and offer 1 gigabit internet access for a "reasonable" cost. They are asking for for interested communities to answer their <a href="http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi" target="_blank">RFI</a>. Sounds like a pretty nice deal. &nbsp;It seems like they want to use it for experimenting with their next generation web apps.&nbsp; So if you are interested in really fast Internet and using Google's latest software check out their RFI.&nbsp;According to the information they are going to be creating next generation "killer apps".&nbsp; Given the brainpower they employ they are bound to come up with some pretty cool stuff.</p>

[cmchavez]

Definitely would be a sweet option to have in my municipality. Unfortunately, I don't think my city will find the money in their budget to pony up for any client-side infrastructure or support that may be necessary. I find it interesting that in all the articles I've read about Google's ISP rollout, there's been no mention about what the applying cities will have to pay out in order to participate; in the current budget climate, that would be a deal breaker for all but possibly the largest cities.

[cmchavez]

Yup, that didn't take long...


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[Reid Kistler]

Interesting proposal - although that assessment is based upon very little knowledge - and would certainly be happy to see the initiative rolled out in our community!

Guess is that a "tech" area would have best shot at this: somewhere with a lot of users likely to make use of whatever New Services Google can roll out - and hopefully influence others to Desire the same(!).

Ann Arbor MI might be a candidate: U of Mich main campus is there, along with a lot of tech firms - AND a Google regional center.... (Just a thought... ;) )

OTOH, imagine it will be a while before this has any National Impact, based upon the Expense and Time Delays that FIOS and U-verse installations have encountered.