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Re: Google Fiber is coming to Las Vegas

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Post by natebc »

smitelli wrote: post #40
rconti wrote: post #7

> GFiber service will be available in parts of the metro area later this year. Nevada residents and business owners will be able to choose between Google Fiber’s plans with prices that haven’t changed since 2012 and speeds up to 8 gig. The author of the press release is under the mistaken belief that unchanged broadband pricing is a good thing. From the linked price page: 1gig: $70/mo 2gig: $100/mo 5gig: $125/mo 8 gi…

In RTP NC, GFiber's $70 pricing beats equivalent speed plans from the other two symmetric fiber providers in the area, AT&T and Spectrum (if you live on the right streets). It's not _dirt_ cheap, but it's the cheapest we can get. (Oh, also if you request a /48 IPv6 prefix, you'll get it. Never had that work on AT&T's $90.75-after-fees plan.)

If only it covered all of RTP. I've lived in TWO places in Durham where there was Google Fiber across the street from me but I couldn't get it at my address. Where I live currently the people across the street can get Google Fiber or AT&T Fiber and I can only get Spectrum Cable.

Re: Google Fiber is coming to Las Vegas

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Post by algo_trader »

MostlyStable wrote: post #37
rconti wrote: post #7

> GFiber service will be available in parts of the metro area later this year. Nevada residents and business owners will be able to choose between Google Fiber’s plans with prices that haven’t changed since 2012 and speeds up to 8 gig. The author of the press release is under the mistaken belief that unchanged broadband pricing is a good thing. From the linked price page: 1gig: $70/mo 2gig: $100/mo 5gig: $125/mo 8 gi…

Meanwhile, I'm paying 120/month for 150MB down, 75 up to my rural telco-op, and compared to the satellite internet I had before, I'm happy to be paying it.

I have this wacky idea of community fiber kiosks where you stop to fast-download large files/torrents/data dumps

Any opinions on this from a user experience point of view?

Re: Google Fiber is coming to Las Vegas

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Post by bb88 »

ddlutz wrote: post #5

I'm surprised Google hasn't forgotten about Google fiber.

They basically did at some point about a decade or so ago maybe. Wimax and LTE were taking off at that time. Then about 2 years ago, Google woke up and started pushing fiber again.

It's clear now that high speed fiber is the future. Cable companies aren't upgrading their networks anymore. It's unclear if the wireless companies will be able to support 10gig service. And the single mode fiber laid into the ground a decade or more ago has only increased in value.

Re: Google Fiber is coming to Las Vegas

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Post by lazycouchpotato »

sounds wrote: post #2

A common complaint I hear at defcon and other cons in vegas is that the hotel internet is terrible. Hopefully good internet service comes as a result of this?

A recent LTT video attributes it to hotels colluding so that one's Wi-Fi isn't too much better than the others.

https://youtu.be/sYXh0AdBw-I?t=879

Re: Google Fiber is coming to Las Vegas

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Post by rconti »

smitelli wrote: post #40
rconti wrote: post #7

> GFiber service will be available in parts of the metro area later this year. Nevada residents and business owners will be able to choose between Google Fiber’s plans with prices that haven’t changed since 2012 and speeds up to 8 gig. The author of the press release is under the mistaken belief that unchanged broadband pricing is a good thing. From the linked price page: 1gig: $70/mo 2gig: $100/mo 5gig: $125/mo 8 gi…

In RTP NC, GFiber's $70 pricing beats equivalent speed plans from the other two symmetric fiber providers in the area, AT&T and Spectrum (if you live on the right streets). It's not _dirt_ cheap, but it's the cheapest we can get. (Oh, also if you request a /48 IPv6 prefix, you'll get it. Never had that work on AT&T's $90.75-after-fees plan.)

Yeah, my gripe with my snide comment is more about how bandwidth costs should be falling over time in a competitive market, not that 1gig for $70 isn't actually still a good deal for the US.

The real advantage in having Google Fiber move into Vegas (or anywhere else) is they they're creating competition. It's silly how fast broadband prices plummeted here with the 1-2 punch of 2 fiber providers coming in in relatively short order. All of a sudden, whoops, the major providers can profitably provide service at a fraction of the price! Who knew?

Re: Google Fiber is coming to Las Vegas

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Post by hooli_gan »

mschuster91 wrote: post #9
pxx wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it's probably just a skill issue. the wifi at the Chaos Communication Congress, on the other hand, is spectacular.

well the CCC crowd has many years of experience on their belt dealing with the absurd amount of traffic that only a nerd conference can sustain - and they do all of it on their own, the only thing the venue has to give them are rooms, power and fiber uplinks. CCC erects a whole damn ass datacenter and tears it down in a few days, that's a massive expense both financially and in volunteer time. Oh and on top of that c…

Are there behind scenes videos of their wifi setup? I haven't found any.

Re: Google Fiber is coming to Las Vegas

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Post by lelandfe »

algo_trader wrote: post #52
MostlyStable wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Meanwhile, I'm paying 120/month for 150MB down, 75 up to my rural telco-op, and compared to the satellite internet I had before, I'm happy to be paying it.

I have this wacky idea of community fiber kiosks where you stop to fast-download large files/torrents/data dumps Any opinions on this from a user experience point of view?

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkNYC

In practice, I think I've seen only a handful of people use them directly. It is soo conspicuous using one of these in broad daylight. Lots of people use the ports for charging, though. Also how NYC is this:

> Each Link has cameras and over 30 vibration sensors to sense if the kiosk has been hit by an object

Re: Google Fiber is coming to Las Vegas

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Post by lazycouchpotato »

bitpush wrote: post #18
amelius wrote: post #14

Let me guess ... Download speed: 10Gbps Upload speed: 10Mbps

Isnt fiber symmetrical?

Xfinity hasn't gotten that notice apparently.

They offer 1 Gbps download in my area with 20 Mbps upload. And it comes with a 1.2 TB limit.

EDIT: I'm wrong. The Xfinity in my area is on cable.

Re: Google Fiber is coming to Las Vegas

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Post by Glyptodon »

I have 2gig symmetrical from a non-Google provider that works fine in an (at least) second tier city for $100/mo.

It seemed really trivial to install, I don't think there's an excuse to not have it everywhere than can have a telephone line.

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