Google Fiber agrees to acquire Webpass
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Google Fiber agrees to acquire Webpass
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Re: Google Fiber agrees to acquire Webpass
#2While I worry about large carriers absorbing small ones, this could be an excellent big step in real competition for bay area internet access.
Re: Google Fiber agrees to acquire Webpass
#3So will Webpass be faster now?
Re: Google Fiber agrees to acquire Webpass
#4So will Webpass be faster now?
My webpass is already 1 Gbps symmetric. If yours is less, it's a per-building upgrade (so maybe with additional capital they'd do that in more places) and may not be feasible.
Disclosure: I work at Google (but not on Fiber).
Re: Google Fiber agrees to acquire Webpass
#5So will Webpass be faster now?
My webpass is already 1 Gbps symmetric. If yours is less, it's a per-building upgrade (so maybe with additional capital they'd do that in more places) and may not be feasible. Disclosure: I work at Google (but not on Fiber).
Coming from australia and not familiar at all with Webpass... is the latency low? ie. could people use this for gaming internet connections?
Re: Google Fiber agrees to acquire Webpass
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
My webpass is already 1 Gbps symmetric. If yours is less, it's a per-building upgrade (so maybe with additional capital they'd do that in more places) and may not be feasible. Disclosure: I work at Google (but not on Fiber).
Coming from australia and not familiar at all with Webpass... is the latency low? ie. could people use this for gaming internet connections?
Yes.
It's point to point wireless to a building and Ethernet from there. No real latency issue there.
Re: Google Fiber agrees to acquire Webpass
#7Webpass has only been doing fiber for 10 months [0], as far as I know the bulk of their customers in SF are on fixed wireless. I'm discouraged by this announcement - now it seems there's zero chance of widespread Google Fiber in SF.
Re: Google Fiber agrees to acquire Webpass
#8Hopefully this will speed up Fiber's rollout in San Francisco. I remember Google's announcement regarding Fiber in SF a few months back. This acquisition is a no-brainer for both companies!
Re: Google Fiber agrees to acquire Webpass
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
My webpass is already 1 Gbps symmetric. If yours is less, it's a per-building upgrade (so maybe with additional capital they'd do that in more places) and may not be feasible. Disclosure: I work at Google (but not on Fiber).
Coming from australia and not familiar at all with Webpass... is the latency low? ie. could people use this for gaming internet connections?
Former Webpass customer here. I never used it for gaming, but the highest latency I ever got from SpeedTest with an SF server was 8ms and it was usually 3-4. My building was on the 100mbps plan and the actuals were ~90mbps down, ~65mbps up.
I'd hope that connection would be good enough for gaming.
Re: Google Fiber agrees to acquire Webpass
#10Wow, unexpected. I used Webpass when I was in SF and was very happy with the quality of their service, so them getting more capital to expand is a great development.