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Google fiber – “experiencing awesome things together”
- casca 14y agoTL;DR - fiber is good, Google is installing fiber in Kansas City. Nothing new here.
- kevinalexbrown 14y agoWhile I have been critical of Google Fiber, this author was on the board of directors of ICANN, and is an extremely well-regarded professor of internet and communications law. She represents a viewpoint that I disagree with somewhat, but she is articulate and very well read in this area. Previous submissions regarding Google Fiber seem to have been announcements from Google itself, which were, to put it mildly, devoid of critical assessment.
- njharman 14y agoNo matter how credentialed, experienced, or articulate you are, saying "the sky is blue" is still saying nothing at all.
- rodly 14y agoBeautifully said.
- macspoofing 14y agoWhat's wrong with Google Fiber?
- tejaswiy 14y agoOther than the cost of execution, how can you argue that more bandwidth is bad?
- olalonde 14y agoI'd be curious to see how fast Gigabit Internet feels like. Is there any video available that showcases just how fast it is?
- axusgrad 14y agoI found some progress bar porn on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWUliBMrS90 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWUliBMrS90
- dbecker 14y agoIt's $70/month for internet and $120/month for internet+TV. People already moving away from paying $50/month for TV, and the TV connection will be even less valuable once you have a gigabit internet connection.
- runako 14y agoThis argument mostly holds water, except for one gaping hole: sports. In the US at least, anyone who cares about watching sports at home will be the slave of a pay TV service for what looks like the foreseeable future. Even streaming the Olympics on the Internet required proof of a pay TV subscription. Mark Cuban, who knows a couple of things about sports and broadcasting over the Internet, has written that he doesn't think streaming is a feasible option for most US households, for pretty clear technical reasons. He may not be right, but he makes cogent points. Gigabit or no, until sports comes to streaming in a big way, most US households will have pay TV.
- dbecker 14y agoI agree that some people will keep cable for sports, but cable has been losing about 1 million households a year recently (http://www.bgr.com/2012/04/04/over-1-million-u-s-cable-subscribers-cut-the-cord-in-2011/ http://www.bgr.com/2012/04/04/over-1-million-u-s-cable-subsc...). That's driven mostly by internet access, and faster internet will accelerate that phenomenon (even if cable keeps those willing to pay $600 a year for sports.)
- 13rules 14y agoTrue, except that some people decide that for the games they want to see they will just head down to the local sports bar. Your true sports fanatics aren't going to give up cable/sat anytime soon, but people that mostly watch regular shows and occasionally watch sports are going to consider that option.
- ctdonath 14y agoOne-time chance to get 5Mb down/1 up for free [for 7 years], if you pay the construction fee. Intriguing. Wonder what that costs.
- runako 14y agohttps://fiber.google.com/plans/residential/ https://fiber.google.com/plans/residential/ $300.