Google Goes Gigabit

Featured, Tech — By Mike Ruest on February 10, 2010 at 2:20 pm

Today Google announced that they will be testing and building a 1 gigabit ultra high-speed fiber broadband network for homes in the U.S. For those of us who live in the good o’ U.S.A., you may not be aware how our internet speeds, while increasing, has not really kept up with the rest of the world due to telephone and cable companies. On top of trying to stop Net Neutrality, telcos and cable companies also seem bent on stopping, or at least slowing down, the time frame U.S. customers will get higher internet speeds. Who knows, maybe this is due to some scheme they have to continue to hype their new services while asking us for more money? Regardless, the United States is ranked 18th in the world in terms of Mbps.

Google may change all that with their new initiative in the U.S. allowing 50,000 to potentially 500,000 residence to receive its 1 gigabit Mbps service, which is about 100 times faster than the internet speed most are getting with high-end packages. Google claims this ultra high-speed fiber network is to experiment with new applications and services, but it really could be their attempt to take over the world – just kidding.

If you want your community or city to be considered as a candidate for Google’s 1 gigabit service, please contact your government official or go to this website to nominate your community.