One of the problems with the US is that infrastructure sucks and is being held hostage by cable companies. Cable companies aren't just going to let go of their market without a fight. See Netflix.
Google is based in Canada... With the amount of cash that Google has, the process to be allowed a Telecomm Competitor will be the only thing holding them back. Plus the introduction of a new carrier would be a good thing for business. The CRTC is has actually reversed some of it's more ridiculous ruling and is relatively sane compared to the rest of the governing bodies.
Edit: In the past few years, they've allowed someone from the UAE to start their own mobile service. I doubt they will deny Google.
Last edited by Nazrark; 2012-11-20 at 05:23 AM.
they'll get the money back anyway adds adds everywhere
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Canadian internet is so shit compared to the rest of the world. Want this here.
I would love for this to hit Florida. Having a 1 mb connection that routinely crashes or slows down to dial-up speeds (lowest test was under 1 byte/sec).... "sucks".
Seriously what's so special about this? Yeah, it's glassfiber so it's really fast. But they could make it even faster if they wanted to, the limitations aren't the wiring anymore but the computers themselves. If I understood correctly, glassfiber is a super-conductor which is able to transmit data at near light-speed. 1000Mbit/s is nothing compared to light-speed. But yeah, like I said the limitation is the computer and their chips right now.
Anyway, a large portion of my country is already using glass-fiber. They installed it before they knew it was such a good conducter, they installed it because it was the cheaper option back then. However, sadly it's just the main wiring, the house to house wiring isn't glassfiber yet. Because of that I'm stuck on 120Mbit/s currently. So yeah, I'm a little envious of 1000Mbit/s. I bet all new houses built will get glass-fiber right away though, and I hope they upgrade the old stuff soon because I like fast internet
even without tracking cookies any browser sends search requests, cookies just take away a little bit of the anonymity.
but they can still see your ip even without tracking cookies and send advertisements your way based off what you've searched for from that ip...
no way around it really. cookies just make it easier and less stress on servers having to load up your data each time compared to your computer telling it what you have done recently.
anyway...yeah...happens all the time, cookies don't matter to much. just makes the process more efficient.
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Dear Google: kick out all the other ISPs in the US. Acquire all of the fiber networks that are being criminally unused around the country. Lay down new connections. Aquire tech grants, investing, anything required to make a proper country-wide fiber network a reality.
It really upsets me that the US HAS a huge high-capacity, high-speed fiber network just... sitting around. Being unused by the companies that own them. Not connected to anything. It upsets me that these companies are so reluctant or even downright unwilling to consider investing in bringing all of those unused fiber networks online. It's holding back the country's Internet capabilities, and I for one am all for plowing heedlessly into the technological future. These companies are even required -by law- to sell them if they sit unused, but they keep finding ways to hold onto them. It's only recently that they've begun selling networks on a very limited basis, such as to major education institutions.
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You guys seem to have really shity internet providers. Here in little Sweden (Where polar bears roam the streets)100 Mbit/s is almost standard and it's very affordable. Our providers are selling 250Mbit/s for mere 50buck/month and already preparing for 1000 Mbit/s.
Google has nothing on us :>
I mean you guys are from supposed super nations, would've thought technology over there would be more accessible. ^^
Part of the problem is the size of the US. Smaller countries are able to update their infrastructure for considerably less money and at a fairly constant rate.
There's also the issue of the high speed networks that already exist but just aren't being used. It's expensive to connect them, and many companies just don't have the dollars to update major cities, even if the groundwork already exists. I admit that freely, despite my little rant up above. Google on the other hand, DOES have the money to do it, albeit slowly.
Last edited by Herecius; 2012-11-20 at 08:21 AM.
Prices are almost always high for a new service which pushes the boundaries. Broadband used to be a business only, with only a few households forking out for it, and I suspect this might be more aimed at business for now as well although it's good to see that it's available for the fortunate public that can afford it too. Will become the industry standard soon enough, like broadband did a few years back. (WoW could be played over dial up once upon a time).
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Sweden has some of the best infrastructure in Europe, including lines (: I think one of the problems is that other countries such as Britain have problems getting round to upgrading the existing hardware as a result of being lazy or being run by profiteering privatised companies who are quite happy with what they have until pressured into doing something when every other country has the shiny shiney!
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Well, guess that makes sense ^^ Google surely has the monetary advantage in this case.
Well I hope they come to Michigan. I'm sick of AT&T and Comcast.
my 500kb internet seems fast as it is, gb sounds nuts.
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