Google Fiber

The goal of google fiber is to datamine your web habits so google can make money off of advertisements off of you.

I don't care about that, but some people do

 

Yeah and current ISP don't do that already

 

Everyone else already does this. Not unique to Google Fiber at all. Besides, Google Fiber subscribership will be a pittance compared number of people Google datamines using other means.

Midixinormous post sums it up pretty good. I also believe Google will be able to freely experiment within Fiber without restriction and it will end up being a huge lab for them.

IMO, Google wants internet connectivity to be as ubiquitous as the air we breathe. This is why they will eventually push Android aside and Chrome will emerge. There will be no point in downloading apps when web apps become just as good. Multiple versions of apps won't be necessary. Give it 5-10 years.

 

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Just hours after Google announced that it was bringing its gigabit Google Fiber Internet and TV service to Austinites by mid 2014, AT&T said that it too will build a fast fiber-optic infrastructure for comparable high-speed access in the techie Texas city.
As an expansion to the company's Project VIP, AT&T will deliver Internet speeds of up to 1Gbps through the just-announced Austin infrastructure, the company said. AT&T did not reveal pricing or its rollout plans, which makes the reveal seem like an in-your-face move designed to steal attention away from a competitor.
Still, the announcement undoubtedly is a positive development for the people of Austin.[\B]
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57...google-with-gigabit-network-plans-for-austin/

 

Build it, and incumbents will follow after sitting on their asses for years.

 

I live in the burbs. I wonder if I'm going to get it.

 

I know that I'm not the first to say it, but... I'M INCREDIBLY JEALOUS.

 

This is the beginning of the end for cable/satellite

At 1 GB/s, can easily stream whatever you want in HD.

Everything will be a la carte (purchase the latest Game of Thrones episode for $0.99 on HBOGO, that sort of thing will eventually happen). The consumer will no longer be paying for things they don't watch.

 

Let me get this straight: Austin already has FiOS and will be getting Google Fiber along with a new gigabit service from AT&T while Houston has none of these.

Where's da justice?

 

Silicon Valley of the south.

 

Damn. It won't even be worth it for me by time 2014 comes along because I'd be graduating soon. They need to come to HOUSTON.

 

Size of the city probably helps...

 

http://bgr.com/2013/04/08/google-fi...4/?utm_source=trending-widget&utm_medium=home

“We remain skeptical that Google will find a scalable and economically feasible model to extend its build out to a large portion of the US, as costs would be substantial, regulatory and competitive barriers material, and in the end the effort would have limited impact on the global trajectory of the business,” they said. "

damn...

 

Austin doesn't have fios, just Dallas area

Austin is time Warner, AT&T, grande and now google

I feel bad for grande. F time Warner and AT&T

Can't wait for google, I already signed up. Hopefully the rest of my neighborhood has also

 

Isn't the sign-up only to receive notifications? I

 

You can add Provo, UT to the list now.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/17/4234258/google-fiber-is-coming-to-provo-utah

 

While Japan is laughing at everyone as Sony Launches 2GB Internet in Japan for $51.

 

2GB is 2 gigabytes...lol I was jealous.

2 Gb (gigabits) is twice as fast as google fiber.

 

1.21 gigawatts?!