Here comes Google Fiber..

[W4GPL]

Google Fiber gives you 1 Gbps (as in gigabit per second) of data speed, downstream and upstream, for $70 a month.

The Google installers promise to come to your house at the time of your appointment, not in some vague "window" that requires you to be home for 4 hours at a stretch

In the first step, the Google installers pull fiber from the utility pole to the side of your house. The "fiber" is actually fiber

You get a free Nexus 7 tablet (with a two-year subscription) to use as a remote control, in addition to a Google Fiber remote.

http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-what-google-fiber-is-like-2012-11 (http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-what-google-fiber-is-like-2012-11)

Exciting stuff.

[KG4CGC]

Will it force the monopolies to become competitive?

[TESLA]

Wooo-Hooo!!!!!! I'm in!

[n2ize]

Hiow will this work. I live in a neighborhood where Verizon has a monopoly on fibre, so far.... They run fiber right to your house, call it FiOS and its fast but not as fast as what Google is offering. I wonder, will Google avoid areas like mine that are already served with fibre ? ? Or, will they somehow use the existing fiber infrastructure that is already in place ? I doubt Verizon will play ball with that. Or, will they be pulling and stringing their own lines and cables through the area. In many respects this is good. It is not much more than I am already paying. If anything it will give companies like Optimum and Verizon FiOS more competition which could be a good thing. And if they do string their own cables it will be cool to have more wires on the poles. But for now I wonder if they are targeting areas that have cable only.

[n6hcm]

Will it force the monopolies to become competitive?

doubtful. it's only in a handful (actual) of locations atm. verizon fddi (which i don't think gives you this much bandwidth) hasn't managed to branch into markets where they don't already have monopoly power. not entirely sure that google is interested in building enough "last-mile" infrastructure to make this happen--these are test beds for their other products and services.

[NQ6U]

Fiber is good. It keeps you regular.

[KG4CGC]

AT&T talked about fiber here. 3 years ago infrastructure was being installed but Charter is a pretty big company.
I haven't seen fiber internet offered. You do the math.

[KC2UGV]

doubtful. it's only in a handful (actual) of locations atm. verizon fddi (which i don't think gives you this much bandwidth) hasn't managed to branch into markets where they don't already have monopoly power. not entirely sure that google is interested in building enough "last-mile" infrastructure to make this happen--these are test beds for their other products and services.

They are, in fact, interested in laying that last mile of cable. He who controls the pipes, controls the ads...

[NY3V]

Google Fiber gives you 1 Gbps (as in gigabit per second) of data speed, downstream and upstream, for $70 a month.

The Google installers promise to come to your house at the time of your appointment, not in some vague "window" that requires you to be home for 4 hours at a stretch

In the first step, the Google installers pull fiber from the utility pole to the side of your house. The "fiber" is actually fiber

You get a free Nexus 7 tablet (with a two-year subscription) to use as a remote control, in addition to a Google Fiber remote.

http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-what-google-fiber-is-like-2012-11 (http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-what-google-fiber-is-like-2012-11)

Exciting stuff.

Google has a Data Center in Goose Creek about 20 miles north of me.

I wonder what I need to do to get them to run a fiber line to my condo? ;)

[WØTKX]

Start a PAC because Citizens United says you can?