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Google to begin providing 1000mb internet and cable service
« on: July 26, 2012, 07:32:10 PM »
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http://fiber.google.com/about/

What do you guys think about it?

Personally, I REALLY don't like the rate Google has been branching out and I don't welcome our new Google overlords.

Here is a conversation I just had with a friend on the topic.
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Re: Google to begin providing 1000mb internet and cable service
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2012, 07:36:28 PM »
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We'll just have to wait and see how truly good this service is. If it is good then let's hope it's available to lots of people and fairly priced too.
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Re: Google to begin providing 1000mb internet and cable service
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2012, 08:05:51 PM »
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Personally, I hate my current provider (Time Warner) and really wish I could get my old one back (Comcast).
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Re: Google to begin providing 1000mb internet and cable service
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2012, 08:08:13 PM »
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Quote from: cogsandspigots on July 26, 2012, 08:05:51 PM
Personally, I hate my current provider (Time Warner) and really wish I could get my old one back (Comcast).

Time Warner is an excellent internet provider in the East Coast.
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Re: Google to begin providing 1000mb internet and cable service
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2012, 08:10:07 PM »
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Quote from: Astropilot on July 26, 2012, 07:36:28 PM
We'll just have to wait and see how truly good this service is. If it is good then let's hope it's available to lots of people and fairly priced too.
http://fiber.google.com/plans/residential/

$70/Mo for Gigabyte internet
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Re: Google to begin providing 1000mb internet and cable service
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2012, 08:10:37 PM »
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Quote from: Alphaggot on July 26, 2012, 08:08:13 PM
Time Warner is an excellent internet provider in the East Coast.
Well, you are wrong in my case.
It has "hiccups" of lost connection every day. And it is really annoying.
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Re: Google to begin providing 1000mb internet and cable service
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2012, 08:51:56 PM »
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I'm with you man..

I mean they were allowed to build and send a satellite for google maps.. with a special designed camera with up to 10cm resolution.. for the government.

We only see so much.

They have their hands in a lot.. and I see from a business perspective it would make sense.. if you aren't expanding only way to go is down.. stagnate if lucky.

But yea.. they have lots of power.. with the services they provide.. now under that all inclusive terms of service.. it can be shared between any of the services.. legally.

Advertising.. searches.. ips.. emails.. all your internet traffic (potentially in future).

In a world where profiling people is a huge business (not just for advertising, think gov't etc etc.) it makes sense not only on a business perspective but on a whole other level.

Edit: Also don't forget pictures and video.. >youtube

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But yea i basically covet those speeds with a giant erection LOL
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Re: Google to begin providing 1000mb internet and cable service
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2012, 09:08:31 PM »
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Quote from: coolzeldad on July 26, 2012, 08:51:56 PM
But yea i basically covet those speeds with a giant erection LOL

Ditto. I'm thinking I would eventually sign up, but the day I do that is the day I start making use of some infographics on how to make less-than-legal improv weapons that I have saved as a side-effect of browsing /k/.
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Re: Google to begin providing 1000mb internet and cable service
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2012, 09:17:09 PM »
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Quote from: The Real Tuesday Weld on July 26, 2012, 09:08:31 PM
Ditto. I'm thinking I would eventually sign up, but the day I do that is the day I start making use of some infographics on how to make less-than-legal improv weapons that I have saved as a side-effect of browsing /k/.

/x/ also has a lot of good resources for prepping.

Hell, there's plenty of /k/ and /x/ cross thread debates on whose more ready for the end of the world.
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Re: Google to begin providing 1000mb internet and cable service
« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2012, 09:19:20 PM »
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Quote from: Death M.D. on July 26, 2012, 09:17:09 PM
/x/ also has a lot of good resources for prepping.

Hell, there's plenty of /k/ and /x/ cross thread debates on whose more ready for the end of the world.

But /x/ would just shit themselves to death like it was a game of Oregon Trail.
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Re: Google to begin providing 1000mb internet and cable service
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2012, 09:24:40 PM »
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I don't think that this 1 Gb google internet is going to take complete control over the internet service provider market. There will be competition, sure it may take months before other companies catch up, but I don't think google will end up being the lord and master of the internet.
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Re: Google to begin providing 1000mb internet and cable service
« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2012, 02:44:28 PM »
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Quote from: metalbeersolid on July 26, 2012, 09:24:40 PM
but I don't think google will end up being the lord and master of the internet.

But they already are the lord and master of the internet.
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Re: Google to begin providing 1000mb internet and cable service
« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2012, 03:20:36 PM »
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Quote from: metalbeersolid on July 26, 2012, 09:24:40 PM
I don't think that this 1 Gb google internet is going to take complete control over the internet service provider market. There will be competition, sure it may take months before other companies catch up, but I don't think google will end up being the lord and master of the internet.
The first to offer speeds like that for a price lower than that of my 15/1 get that tittle.
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Re: Google to begin providing 1000mb internet and cable service
« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2012, 09:15:30 PM »
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Quote from: Lavenchie on July 26, 2012, 08:10:07 PM
http://fiber.google.com/plans/residential/

$70/Mo for Gigabyte internet
$120 for TV + Internet

I don't think that will be possible for a while. Looks like you got confused between Byte and bit. A bit is a tenth of the size of a Byte, meaning that the speeds are around 100 MB/sec rather than 1000 MB/sec.
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Re: Google to begin providing 1000mb internet and cable service
« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2012, 12:44:32 AM »
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A lot of people dont understand the difference between GB and Gb so, before someone derps up

GB = Gigabyte = 1024 Megabytes
Gb = Gigabit = 1024 Megabits

A bit is 1/8 of a byte.

What google fiber is promising is not 1024 MB, but an eighth of that; 128MB and that makes sense since they claim that their service is a hundred times faster than todays internet, and I highly doubt anyone here has a 10 megabyte/s connection.
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