Google Making 1Gbps Internet for Ludicrous Speed
No, no, no, light speed is too slow... Yes, we're gonna have to go right to LUDICROUS SPEED.
Google has big plans to revolutionize the internet in more ways than just coming up with Twitter rivals. The internet-centric company is looking to make broadband live up to all its promises, and to help American internet users catch up to their counterparts in other parts of the world.
"Imagine sitting in a rural health clinic, streaming three-dimensional medical imaging over the web and discussing a unique condition with a specialist in New York. Or downloading a high-definition, full-length feature film in less than five minutes. Or collaborating with classmates around the world while watching live 3-D video of a university lecture," Google poses in today's blog update. "Universal, ultra high-speed Internet access will make all this and more possible."
In short, Google plans to offer the fastest internet in the country. In long, "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."
Google hasn't yet detailed where it will run the tests, but if you're located in the U.S., you can keep your fingers crossed that your area will be eligible.
While U.S. telecommunications companies are busy devising ways to throttle users' bandwidth by imposing caps, Google is looking to conduct an experiment in hopes of making internet access better and faster for everyone.
Here are three specific things that Google has in mind:
- 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.
- New deployment techniques: We'll test new ways to build fiber networks, and to help inform and support deployments elsewhere, we'll share key lessons learned with the world.
- Openness and choice: We'll operate an "open access" network, giving users the choice of multiple service providers. And consistent with our past advocacy, we'll manage our network in an open, non-discriminatory and transparent way.
This is all in the preliminary planning stages and Google plans to collect responses from interested communities until March 26, so don't expect any definite word until after that date.
Interestingly, Google in 2007, as its April Fool's gag, joked about offering its own very high-speed internet service. Although this new service doesn't involve the toilet (from what we can tell), Google's new interest in providing super high-speed internet is now a real thing.
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All these "experiments" are usually started in a few select big cities - usually the same over and over again - and in a few years, instead of catching on and spreading to the rest of America, in winds up in some sort of quick-buck scheme for the "innovator" (caps per usage, high fees, etc. ).
Wake me up when it's ready, boys, otherwise don't hold your breath.
I don't think that even Google has enough money to battle all the centralized monopolies that dominate the high-speed internet distribution. What are they going to do, bury the cables themselves?
This project depends too much on too many things outside Google's control.
Well if they could pull this off all of the other internet providers would sh*t their pants. It would basically make every other ISP look like a bunch of thieves (which they are I guess)
I dont know, with the way Google has been going after....everyone... lately this doesn't surprise me.
Either way, there is a credible threat that should hopefully spur some pants pooping from the other ISP execs.
I believe Google wants to take over the entire Networking business. They wanted to control all of the Networking software and hardware, portable and non-portable. Pretty soon most of the big names networking hardware companies would be dominated by Google. By then, Microsoft would be really behind.
I'd love it if I could get a DSL or cable line first to my house instead of overpriced satellite ISPs.
I'd love it if I could get a DSL or cable line first to my house instead of overpriced satellite ISPs.
Google will become the Taco Bell of Demolition Man. Period.
1 Gigabit = 125 MegaBYTE right?
and Long Beach, CA will probably be one of the areas they will test it in!!! =D Gotta love SoCal!!!
Light speed, too slow?
wow, 1gbps, most home users would have to buy new networking equipment for this speed
It's about time. Practically every other developed nation has faster Internet connections than the USA. Boooooo USA telcos!!!
WOW, and just think at 1gps we will finally have caught up to Hong Kong in terms of internet speed to the house
I wants it, I wants it NOW!!!!!!!!!
Fuck ludicrous speed, I want to go plaid.
if this comes to San Diego I will jump on this in a second.
wow thats more than twice as fast as what i have here at school, i think people would have a hard time saturating it, if they make it entirely FTTH they shouldnt have to worry about network capacity too much, i just hope they can deliver atleast a quarter of the promised speed, even that would be more than enough for quite a while, enough to download a full DVD in 2 minutes.
They've gone to Plaid!
Skynet, I mean Google wants to a direct line into every household?
All joking aside I distrust Google, but it's hard to pass up the free stuff they offer.
It's like the fable of the witch fattening up the kids so they can eat them.
if this comes to San Diego I will jump on this in a second.
Go San Diego!!!
This is great news, hopefully Google can follow through with this plan and lead the way, cause no one else is in this country. And like they said, it has to be made available for a reasonable competitive price.
The telecommunications network in the US is in need of major upgrades and modernizations. We're lagging behind pretty much every other developed nation (except Australia... lol) in terms of both average bandwidth and access to broadband services. It's really quite embarrassing, and represents only a small part of the degradation of our national infrastructure over the past decade.
And o ya, it was announced over a year ago that South Korea would be making 1Gbps internet services available to every location in the country by 2012.
Finally a good speed so I can play solitaire or even pacman online..
Can't wait!
I thought fiber WAS light speed!
how much will it cost and what options will they offer? These were the questions that came to my mind.
If i can get 1gbs @ $35 a month then shit I will be on that like a pack of raccoons on a open trash can lol.
Torrenting at those speeds will make it harder for the RIAA to track people! Screw the Man!
Good luck with that google. The problem is the connection to the last mile, which is almost always the local telco company to your house. They won't be exactly helpful in helping google out.
Well if they could pull this off all of the other internet providers would sh*t their pants. It would basically make every other ISP look like a bunch of thieves (which they are I guess)
I totally agree, the big players in the ISP industry have been lying to their customers, overcharging, and ignoring customer feedback for far too long. All while Japan, South Korea, and most of Europe have left us in the dust, increasing bandwidth, availability, and decreasing price per Mbps. The US alternative, keep bandwidth stagnant and introduced throttling...
As long as they don't block Ports like my ISP..can't even have my own web or email server on the default ports.
Lots of haters ITT. Google is the best tech company to work for; they're like the Santa Claus of the internet. Not entirely sure what crazy-sauce you've been drinking to be so conspiracy-minded.
"ANYONE THAT GETS ANYWHERE ABOVE ME SHOULD BE DISTRUSTED." mentality is getting annoying and it's making me even sadder to be an American.
ludicrous speed = ludicrous amounts of porn
ludicrous speed = ludicrous amounts of porn