Introducing Google Fiber Internet

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Google's unbelievably fast new 1000Mbps fiber is finally live in Kansas City today. The service has no bandwidth cap, no overage fees, and it'll come with 1TB (!!) of free cloud storage.

In addition to the blazing broader than broadband internet, Google's also got a new TV service called Google Fiber Television. The service is a lot like Google TV, but cleaner, and it can record up to 500 hours of HD programs. There will be remote apps for iOS and Android, both of which will have voice control, and at some point they'll get video streaming as well. The TV package will have all broadcast networks, along with hundreds of "Fiber channels".

Oh, and the default remote? A Nexus 7. Which you get for free when you sign up for a TV package.

There is a $300 construction fee for installing the fiber at your house, though. But Google is waiving that fee for new customers at the start. The internet and TV package, along with the 1TB of storage, is $120 per month. An internet-only package, with the 1TB, is $70 per month. And if you decide to pay the construction fee, you can also choose a FREE 5Mbps down 1Mbps up internet package. You can break that payment down to $25/month for the first year, with a minimum of 7 years of free service, too.

We've known that Google might have something like Google Fiber Television in the works. Now that it's a reality, it's a clear shot across the bow of everyone else trying to crack the TV equation. Google has turned itself into a cable provider; Roku got gobbled up by a content creator and distributer; and Apple is looming over everything.

The distance between Google Fiber and its competitors is comical. While yes, Google Fiber is only in Kansas City for now, the closest you can get to it commercially is Verizon's 300Mbps connection over FiOS, which can reach that speed, but more often comes in well below. And that's more than three times slower than the gigabit connection Google just birthed.

That kind of scope and performance has had competitors running scared enough to put out bounties for on-the-ground information about Google Fiber.

Google's Crazy 1000Mbps Fiber Internet Connection Is Out Today
 

Primalzer

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Wireless has a long way to go. Especially when it comes to penetrating buildings

Seems like getting wireless to penetrate buildings would be a lot easier than spending billions pulling fiber to each house, apartment, room, etc. Just to have it lay unused when wireless actually gets worthwhile, which i can't imagine is that far away.
 

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LOL at the facial expressions in the boardrooms at Comcast and AT&T.

Fiber is feasible. Current providers just didn't want to bother adding it to existing homes since they were already making money with existing cables. Google is kicking them in the ass with this leap forward.

Imagine the world as it will be once most people have this type of bandwidth. Crystal clear HD internet broadcasts sent to full wall size monitors. Music concerts so realistic you'll think you're there. Who knows, freaking 3D holograms may one day be possible. Sky's the limit. Go Google, go!
 

rz79

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Pardon my ignorance but, uhmmm... Why the fuck did google pick Kansas city to drop this on exactly???? I mean how fast does one need to download noodling videos or sister porn???
In all seriousness though, was it just the right sized market?

Ps- glossed over the paragraphs so if the answers in there blame the internet for my short attention span
 

Mike K

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Pardon my ignorance but, uhmmm... Why the fuck did google pick Kansas city to drop this on exactly???? I mean how fast does one need to download noodling videos or sister porn???
In all seriousness though, was it just the right sized market?

Ps- glossed over the paragraphs so if the answers in there blame the internet for my short attention span

It's a large enough market to get all the bugs worked out on a large scale and a small enough market that you limit your upfront expenses and limit the fiscal damage any potential problems will cause. Plus if things go haywire, it's Kansas City. You're not exactly in the spotlight.

What will likely happen is they'll leave it in KC for a year or so and then progressively roll it out to larger cities if it's met with success.
 
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