Google internet 1gbps speed

[muto]

I don't download much, and my internet is fast enough for everything else, so it's pointless in my situation.

[Deleted]

So will this be the fastest internet available on the market when its released? if not what is the fastest?

[Dannoson]

Just as a side note, I heard that modems with DOCSIS 3.0 (required to get 50+ Mb speeds) can increase performance and speeds, even if it isn't required. In some cases, people got higher speeds than they pay for by up to 5Mb or so (i.e. getting 15 on a 10Mb plan). I don't know if it's only in certain areas or countries, but it may be worth it to try.

[Eliandal]

We'll be stuck with Bell and Rogers/Shaw FOREVER!

I would take Bell ANYDAY over Eastlink. Unfortunately, being in a rural area I won't be able to anytime soon. While my current provider isn't all that bad - for my location I have their top speed (the only good thing about it is it's completely cap free)

[Wipeout]

my speed is ment to be 50mb atm ( still awaiting 100mb upgrade ) this is my speed as wireless

[Thatguyiscool]

The bigger cites all ready have fiber.

and in order to access those lines they would have to pay a huge fee... which is why only 3 companies exist.

[rigoremortis]

i dont foresee this happening in the US for many years, it will happen in europe long before us as they already have tons of fiber optics layed out, hence the reason people see euro players on the forums with 100+mbs and in the states here, its unheard of getting more than 35-40mbs.


basically, companies charge out the ass here for relatively slow speeds because they can, i highly doubt they're gonna let google come in and offer those kinds of speeds for that price and comcast/at&t are just gonna "be cool" with it, lol.

[Deleted]

See, now if I resume a downloading game on steam or something. I get 200kb/s download speed AT BEST. Seems to happen like after 6pm my download speeds go insultingly slow, can't stream vids in 720p etc. I'm paying for unlimited broadband too so its not like I have a usage cap.

Virgin media put speed restrictions in place from 10AM to 3PM, and 4PM to 9PM. Basically if you download a certain amount (won't be a lot for you as you're on the lower plan) then you get your speed cut for 5 hours.

[Thatguyiscool]

i dont foresee this happening in the US for many years, it will happen in europe long before us as they already have tons of fiber optics layed out, hence the reason people see euro players on the forums with 100+mbs and in the states here, its unheard of getting more than 35-40mbs.


basically, companies charge out the ass here for relatively slow speeds because they can, i highly doubt they're gonna let google come in and offer those kinds of speeds for that price and comcast/at&t are just gonna "be cool" with it, lol.

Don't know what part of the country you're from but 100mb is definitely available here and in my surrounding cities. However, I dont see the need for $100/month internet when I don't really download much. I'm more interested in getting my latency in the games I like to play down to 10 or less than I am about my dl speed.

[Wipeout]

Virgin media put speed restrictions in place from 10AM to 3PM, and 4PM to 9PM. Basically if you download a certain amount (won't be a lot for you as you're on the 10mb plan) then you get your speed cut for 5 hours.

might explain why im paying for 50mb and only getting 10mb

[Thirteen]

It's very, VERY unlikely to ever come to this backwater country I live in (and if it ever does - which it probably won't - it'll be in ten years), but I definitely would if I could. The website says it's just 25 USD/month for the internet alone (which is just the network box construction fee), which doesn't sound expensive at all, at least not compared to the trash I'm paying for over here.

[rigoremortis]

Don't know what part of the country you're from but 100mb is definitely available here and in my surrounding cities. However, I dont see the need for $100/month internet when I don't really download much. I'm more interested in getting my latency in the games I like to play down to 10 or less than I am about my dl speed.

i live in the bay area, silicon valley, the tech capital of the fucking country, and ive never seen anything higher on my comcast than 40mbs. im not saying its 100% unavailable, but on average to get those kinds of speeds, you have to spend crazy amounts of money on a fiber optic setup, like a T connection, which is what schools and corporations use, not the average home user.

latency works off of many issues, one of them being internet speeds, the faster the connection, the more data that can be sent to the server tower of the game your playing on, the less latency, they pretty much go hand in hand, lol.

[Palmatum]

Quite happy with 400MB

[Rooflesstoofless]

I'm kind of 'meh' about it.

Not every city where G-Fiber is going to be implemented has disused water pipes running under them and I wonder how that is going to effect pricing. IMHO, Google should have avoided that armpit of America and done their experimental network on a smaller, more local platform.

[n0cturnal]

Seems like they are ready to launch it in Kansas City now.

http://fiber.google.com/about/

Good news for the American people.

Edit: Didn't see the other thread about this, some mod perhaps delete this?

[AncientNecro]

I'm not sure if it's needed. I notice most of my downloads max out at 3.5 mb per second, so it seems my current isn't being utilized as it is.

[lockblock]

Most ppl dont even have 1gb ethernet cards

every machine I build in the last 10 years has it and I didn't even have to purchase an overly expensive motherboard

[Maelle]

Just out of interest (and excuse my ignorance)

Apart from downloading a load of stuff at the same time, or if you have like 20 people all gaming in your house at the same time... I don't get why it is needed.

How much stuff do other people even download...

[Rooflesstoofless]

Just out of interest (and excuse my ignorance)

Apart from downloading a load of stuff at the same time, or if you have like 20 people all gaming in your house at the same time... I don't get why it is needed.

How much stuff do other people even download...

I don't think its really needed...but there might be untapped potential I'm not seeing.

The pricing, if Google can keep it consistent (I have serious doubts), is really good considering that Verizon Fios's best product is $20 more a month and offers less speed.

[Holyshnikies]

Good. Maybe this competition will cause Comcast, Warner, Att to increase their bandwidths tremendously to 2013 standards. Other parts of the world have 500 mbps internet for $35 a month. $70 a month for 1 gbps speed is well on par to what the real modern world should be. And if it could be wireless, that would be even better.