I think even 1000 miles is a bit generous, since you likely don't get networking in a straight line between your house in the data center. In Utah I get traffi

I think even 1000 miles is a bit generous, since you likely don't get networking in a straight line between your house in the data center. In Utah I get traffic routed through Denver and a few other states east of me before hitting certain servers hosted in California. Unless Google has figured out a way to increase the speed of light, I don't think this new service is really going to change my mind about buying dedicated hardware to play games.