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Re: Google Fiber Plans & Pricing

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Post by betterth »

stephengillie wrote: post #46
Xcelerate wrote: post #25

When I was at Georgia Tech, I got 650 Mbps. You realize the bottleneck isn't your connection at that point -- it's everyone else's. Which means a lot of sites still download just as slow. Although the big sites have optimized data centers, so it was pretty cool downloading an entire OS in a few seconds (although I think my hard drive write speed limited that a bit too). My father works in the fiber optics industry an…

Would Dropbox, Google Drive, Skydrive, Amazon cloud storage, et al exist today if we could send data across the US at even just 650Mbps?

Oh yeah! Think: a harddrive writes at what an average of 75MB/s [1], and 1Gbit internet is 125MB/s [2]. (Note, Google currently advertises 'up to 1Gbit up and down').

This means that dropbox no longer "syncs". It's just another harddrive in terms of how it works. Copies to and from just as quickly as your harddrive.

Heck, it seems like if you installed an application to your dropbox, and ran your computer off of an SSD, it seems like you could enjoy BETTER performance than if you had that program installed on a 7200rpm drive and ran it locally...

Can't wait to see what we end doing with 1GBit ubiquity!

[1] http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/3.5-hard-drive-charts-200...

[2] http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1Gbit+in+MB%2Fs

Re: Google Fiber Plans & Pricing

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Post by gilrain »

mhurron wrote: post #66
NathanKP wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder how much money Google can make from a single household that is using Google products on the internet? As long as Google makes more money over time than the internet connection costs them, then it could be a very profitable for Google to increase the number of people using Google products and gain great product PR and brand loyalty from these people who get free internet.

Yep, how much monitoring and data collection is Google doing here? I wouldn't sign up for Google provided internet.

While this would normally be a concern, I don't think many people trust Comcast or Time Warner any more than Google.

Re: Google Fiber Plans & Pricing

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Post by ChuckMcM »

ntumlin wrote: post #61
fusiongyro wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did it come with a free Nexus 7? Google's going to decimate the existing cable and DSL offerings in Kansas City in less than a week.

Wait, is this only in Kansas City? How long until everywhere gets it?

Yes, although there are rumblings about other locations. I can tell you that if it does 'decimate' the entrenched carriers they will go thermonuclear as well (so Google ends up opening another front in the legal wars) You can already see some of the tactics where cable companies have convinced legislatures to make it illegal to allow either public funds to be spent on infrastructure or to allow non-contracted third parties into a region.

Re: Google Fiber Plans & Pricing

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Post by DASD »

This might just make Kansas City the tech center scene for colocation startups. Run this out of your bedroom. Amazon watch out!

Note to self: Cross KC off my list of colo locations if an offer appears with outrageously low pricing.

Re: Google Fiber Plans & Pricing

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Post by drivebyacct2 »

ntumlin wrote: post #61
fusiongyro wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did it come with a free Nexus 7? Google's going to decimate the existing cable and DSL offerings in Kansas City in less than a week.

Wait, is this only in Kansas City? How long until everywhere gets it?

Think about that question. They're not leasing lines. They're building them.

Re: Google Fiber Plans & Pricing

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Post by mw63214 »

m_for_monkey wrote: post #82
cryptoz wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> every person would have more bandwidth than they knew what to do with. I think that is exactly the point. That's why they are doing this; Google doesn't know what exactly will happen when everyone in the USA/world has fiber connections, but they do know that incredible innovation will come. What kind of applications will be built? What kind of applications can be built? Couple this with the increasing computing pow…

I fear, the surplus bandwidth will be simply wasted, just like the enormous computing power of modern desktop CPUs.

I think you just clearly stated a problem and a solution in the same comment.

Re: Google Fiber Plans & Pricing

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Post by eavc »

ntumlin wrote: post #61
fusiongyro wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did it come with a free Nexus 7? Google's going to decimate the existing cable and DSL offerings in Kansas City in less than a week.

Wait, is this only in Kansas City? How long until everywhere gets it?

No way to know. This is a pilot program. Running fiber to the home cost effectively is as much a political challenge as anything else. They're hoping to blow the doors of in KC to then help make things go more smoothly in other cities.

Re: Google Fiber Plans & Pricing

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Post by mehulkar »

normalfaults wrote: post #96
recoiledsnake wrote: post #84

While I am super happy that the cable industry is getting disrupted as it deserves to be(the wireless industry sucks too, maybe a tech company can buy TMobile or Sprint), I feel uneasy about the following two points: 1) Profitability: I wonder how profitable and sustainable this is for Google? They can subsidize it for only so long before deciding to discontinue it as has been happening to many of their services rece…

on Point 2: How is this any different then today with Comcast/Verizon etc..?

It's different because Comcast/Verizon don't have your email and your calendar and your web surfing habits and your voicemail and your text messages and your contacts and did I mention your email?

Re: Google Fiber Plans & Pricing

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Post by dr_ »

Very interesting. All the packages sound great but it's really the free internet that's going to prove to be disruptive. I, as many other I'm guessing, have moved away from traditional television, watching a lot of stuff on my laptop and iPad. There are a couple of TV shows I enjoy but I'm not bound to them and don't mind purchasing the episodes at a later time. And you have to imagine that Apple and Google will strike their own deals with content creators at some point.
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