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Delhommey

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Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham could be getting Google Fiber

 

 

 

Over the last few years, gigabit Internet has moved from idea to reality, with dozens of communities (PDF) working hard to build networks with speeds 100 times faster than what most of us live with today. People are hungrier than ever for faster Internet, and as a result, cities across America are making speed a priority. Hundreds of mayors from across the U.S. have stated (PDF) that abundant high-speed Internet access is essential for sparking innovation, driving economic growth and improving education. Portland, Nashville (PDF) and dozens of others have made high-speed broadband a pillar of their economic development plans. And Julian Castro, the mayor of San Antonio, declared in June that every school should have access to gigabit speeds by 2020. 

We've long believed that the Internet’s next chapter will be built on gigabit speeds, so it’s fantastic to see this momentum. And now that we’ve learned a lot from our Google Fiber projects in Kansas City, Austin and Provo, we want to help build more ultra-fast networks. So we’ve invited cities in nine metro areas around the U.S.—34 cities altogether—to work with us to explore what it would take to bring them Google Fiber.

 

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http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/exploring-new-cities-for-google-fiber.html

 

 

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NC almost had it a few years ago. Asheville was the other finalist for their test city but local officials got into an argument over it. Google got tired of working out a deal & chose Kansas City instead.

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I'd also wager the flatass land around KC made it a little easier test bed for their rollout than having to deal with mountains and whatnot.

  

The test area is rather small. It was just one area in KC at first.

Here in Asheville they were going to lay fiber around downtown & into Biltmore, not the entire region. It wouldn't have really been any more difficult.

If you know the pricing please elaborate. Or you could do a simple search and say, "Google Fiber and HDTV is only $120" if you don't think that's worth it you might be able to get a job as head of the Fed.

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Google Fiber is complete overkill for 99% of residential applications. 9 out of 10 households don't even have the proper computer hard drive components to handle 100MB Charter Business. What do they need 1,000MB+ for? You won't tell any difference.

It will be an upgrade & great for business applications where large networks are ran but that's about it.

I'm an electrical engineer & have worked independently for both Google & Charter. I was in KC when they started their fiber project. I've been in Asheville working in networks with their digital changeover.

If you have Charter/Comcast/TWC/etc high speed internet & you have connection issues or it is slow it's an installation problem & nothing else. 30MB HSI is fast a plenty for any household. And as long as whoever does the install does their job correctly you'll never have any issues.

30MB hsi will stream video all day, surf the web & pull pages instantly, & support a large Wi-Fi network. It's also plenty for online gaming. Most people can't afford the computer hard ware needed for faster gaming anyway.

Charter HSI is only $39/month, tv/internet is $89/month. Charter is no contract.

Google Fiber is over $130/month. Google is a 12 month contract.

Not worth it. As long as the cable is installed correctly you won't notice a difference.

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The test area is rather small. It was just one area in KC at first.

Here in Asheville they were going to lay fiber around downtown & into Biltmore, not the entire region. It wouldn't have really been any more difficult.

Google Fiber is complete overkill for 99% of residential applications. 9 out of 10 households don't even have the proper computer hard drive components to handle 100MB Charter Business. What do they need 1,000MB+ for? You won't tell any difference.

It will be an upgrade & great for business applications where large networks are ran but that's about it.

I'm an electrical engineer & have worked independently for both Google & Charter. I was in KC when they started their fiber project. I've been in Asheville working in networks with their digital changeover.

If you have Charter/Comcast/TWC/etc high speed internet & you have connection issues or it is slow it's an installation problem & nothing else. 30MB HSI is fast a plenty for any household. And as long as whoever does the install does their job correctly you'll never have any issues.

30MB hsi will stream video all day, surf the web & pull pages instantly, & support a large Wi-Fi network. It's also plenty for online gaming. Most people can't afford the computer hard ware needed for faster gaming anyway.

Charter HSI is only $39/month, tv/internet is $89/month. Charter is no contract.

Google Fiber is over $130/month. Google is a 12 month contract.

Not worth it. As long as the cable is installed correctly you won't notice a difference.

 

Get the free option.

Your pricing is purposely skewed.

You're basing everything off of their first roll out, which they admit had problems they will have solved before Provo and Austin

You're still really, really bad at this.

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The test area is rather small. It was just one area in KC at first.

Here in Asheville they were going to lay fiber around downtown & into Biltmore, not the entire region. It wouldn't have really been any more difficult.

Google Fiber is complete overkill for 99% of residential applications. 9 out of 10 households don't even have the proper computer hard drive components to handle 100MB Charter Business. What do they need 1,000MB+ for? You won't tell any difference.

It will be an upgrade & great for business applications where large networks are ran but that's about it.

I'm an electrical engineer & have worked independently for both Google & Charter. I was in KC when they started their fiber project. I've been in Asheville working in networks with their digital changeover.

If you have Charter/Comcast/TWC/etc high speed internet & you have connection issues or it is slow it's an installation problem & nothing else. 30MB HSI is fast a plenty for any household. And as long as whoever does the install does their job correctly you'll never have any issues.

30MB hsi will stream video all day, surf the web & pull pages instantly, & support a large Wi-Fi network. It's also plenty for online gaming. Most people can't afford the computer hard ware needed for faster gaming anyway.

Charter HSI is only $39/month, tv/internet is $89/month. Charter is no contract.

Google Fiber is over $130/month. Google is a 12 month contract.

Not worth it. As long as the cable is installed correctly you won't notice a difference.

This argument again? You don't need a car that does 120mph but I'm sure you have one. But what do I know School of Mines didn't require me to take any math and science for my Petroleum Engineering degree.

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As someone who puts a lot of stuff on YouTube, it would be sweet to have a much higher upload speed. Also if it doesn't have a cap, and twcomcast starts imposing them, it makes a very compelling argument.

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