Google as an ISP

[KingYaba]

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/02/google-isp/

Search and advertising giant Google plans to build and test super fast fiber-optic broadband networks in a few communities around the U.S., promising up to a 100 Gbps service — a hundred-fold increase over what most Americans currently can subscribe to.

Our goal is to experiment with new ways to help make Internet access better and faster for everyone. Here are some specific things that we have in mind:

Next generation apps: We want to see what developers and users can do with ultra high-speeds, whether it’s creating new bandwidth-intensive “killer apps” and services, or other uses we can’t yet imagine.

New deployment techniques: We’ll test new ways to build fiber networks, and to help inform and support deployments elsewhere, we’ll share key lessons learned with the world.

Openness and choice: We’ll operate an “open access” network, giving users the choice of multiple service providers. And consistent with our past advocacy, we’ll manage our network in an open, non-discriminatory and transparent way.

More broadband is a good thing. But these speeds are mind-blowing. Let's hope they practice what they preach when it comes to being net neutral. They sing it now but you know where good intentions lead.

 

[techfreak85]

I just hope it comes to my house.

But this is a good thing. I think that the lazy telcos need a little competition.

 

[localoid]

Already a thread on this subject:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/862984/

 

[christ347]

congratulations to those people who are within the range of Googles internet service