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Google begins building out 1Gbps Internet to two U.S. cities

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  1. Rick TechSpot Staff

    As promised, Google is beginning to build out Google Fiber in two cities: Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. When completed, the new city-wide networks will tether citizens to…

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    Rick, Feb 7, 2012
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  2. Arris TechSpot Evangelist

    Build out?
    Arris, Feb 7, 2012
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  3. Raswan TechSpot Enthusiast

    Having trouble recognizing English? "Build out" is a perfectly acceptable, grammatically correct phrase.
    Raswan, Feb 7, 2012
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  4. Guest

    "Build out" is American for "Build", because it's not good enough to describe the activity they also need to know where it takes place.
    Guest, Feb 7, 2012
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  5. Guest

    How will their pricing be competitive when no one else offers that kind of speed in the U.S.?
    Guest, Feb 7, 2012
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  6. Guest

    But Verizon is talking about 1 Terabit. >.>
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sen6Zvmm-SA
    Guest, Feb 7, 2012
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  7. ikesmasher TechSpot Enthusiast

    Google has enough money to put these cables everywhere, lol...
    ikesmasher, Feb 7, 2012
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  8. altecmayank Newcomer, in training

    Why is Google getting into the internet provider business?
    altecmayank, Feb 8, 2012
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  9. Guest

    Because its business and it will be cheaper than cable or other rip-off companies. Customers will knock on their door in droves... you'll see... :)
    Guest, Feb 8, 2012
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  10. Rick TechSpot Staff

    Google often does things to harbor good will, so that's probably part of it.

    Also, by throwing unreasonable amounts of money and engineers at mass-scale fiber deployment, Google may be able to improve such future roll outs. Those improvements may encourage other companies to finally deploy their own last-mile fiber networks.

    As people begin using faster Internet connections, theoretically, they can get more stuff done (ie. visit more websites and/or use websites they couldn't before). Theoretically, Google profits from this because that means they get to show you more ads. I'm not so sure about the pay off, but it's something to tell investors.

    Rick, Feb 8, 2012
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  11. Guest

    I'm so excited! I hope they build it out throughout the US!!
    Guest, Feb 8, 2012
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  12. tw0rld TechSpot Enthusiast

    The money you must have to do this is incredible. I don't see how their price can be competitive.
    tw0rld, Feb 8, 2012
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  13. Arris TechSpot Evangelist

    Just an unusual use of it, never seen it before in my life. In the UK we usually use the term "roll out", which I guess could be just as strange if you had never seen it used before. Having no trouble recognising English, thanks for your concern.

    Thanks Guest.
    Arris, Feb 8, 2012
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  14. tonylukac TechSpot Enthusiast

    Make it for the masses. Just like thief self driving car. Where is it?
    tonylukac, Feb 8, 2012
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  15. prismatics TechSpot Booster

    They aren't actually going to be an ISP. As Rick pointed out, they said the following:

    prismatics, Feb 8, 2012
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  16. gamerex TechSpot Enthusiast

    One.. one GIGABIT per second? That translates to a download rate of 128 megabyte per second! (Assuming the servers on the other end support it, of course)..(And even hard drives aren't that fast)..(Unless I did my math wrong somewhere)
    gamerex, Feb 8, 2012
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  17. 3DCGMODELER TechSpot Enthusiast

    Oh thats part of the fiber optics cable servers to accomodate the fast fiber connections.
    3DCGMODELER, Feb 8, 2012
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  18. herpaderp Newcomer, in training

    125MB/s would be the theoretical max, but due to overhead (network + system), realistically, it'd be quite a bit less than that.
    herpaderp, Feb 8, 2012
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  19. Guest

    Build out.
    Guest, Feb 8, 2012
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  20. Guest

    And here I was happy with my 15Mbit VDSL2+ ....hum
    Guest, Feb 8, 2012
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