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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 1:09 pm
by Leisher
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 1:29 pm
by TheCatt
Google officials said they will spend the coming months mapping where to run thousands of miles of fiber from Garner to Carrboro – and across Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary and Morrisville – using existing infrastructure where possible. No time frame was given for when actual construction of the network would occur or when Google Fiber would come online locally.
Longest one to two years of my life coming up 
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 2:25 pm
by Troy
ATL too. It's like they are following me.
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 2:51 pm
by GORDON
Well aren't you fuckers special.
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:43 am
by Leisher
We have several threads where I could post this, but here seems appropriate and most recent.
Cable companies think Google fiber is cray-cray.
More likely they don't want to have to sell their horse and buggy against Lamborghinis.
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:45 am
by TheCatt
Dear NCTA: Don't tell me what the fuck I want or need.
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:56 am
by GORDON
Fuck, I would love to be able to upgrade to 25.
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 7:28 pm
by TheCatt
This happened today. It's still TWC, but hey, I'll take it.
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 7:36 pm
by GORDON
A pox on you.
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 7:44 pm
by TheCatt
GORDON wrote:A pox on you.
At least your backups would run faster if you need to restore them?
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 7:45 pm
by GORDON
TheCatt wrote:GORDON wrote:A pox on you.
At least your backups would run faster if you need to restore them?
Heh, sure, bright side.
Re: Latest on Google Fiber
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 10:07 pm
by GORDON
Google fiber not rolling out to any more cities.
Did the correct person finally get threatened?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the ... ew-cities/
Re:
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 9:51 am
by Leisher
TheCatt wrote:
This happened today. It's still TWC, but hey, I'll take it.
TWC advertises speeds up to 50 MB here. I laugh whenever I see that ad.
even the most data-hungry applications — ahem, Netflix — require only a 25 megabits-per-second connection at the most.
I can get Netflix to work just fine on a cell phone pulling 4G and that's nowhere near 25 MB. I actually met an engineer from our local ISP, and she told me Netflix is really good at limiting the amount of bandwidth needed.
Re: Latest on Google Fiber
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 10:08 am
by TheCatt
Puh-leez... I need 1Gb. SYMMETRICAL.
Latest on Google Fiber
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 12:55 pm
by Leisher
Latest on Google Fiber
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 3:32 pm
by TheCatt
Yeah. I can see why it didn't succeed. But I love it to death.
Latest on Google Fiber
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 6:59 am
by Vince
Home broadband adoption has plateaued in the United States as some Americans opt to simply use their phone’s data plans to go online.
Hmm
Latest on Google Fiber
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 1:36 pm
by Leisher
Vince wrote: Home broadband adoption has plateaued in the United States as some Americans opt to simply use their phone’s data plans to go online.
Hmm
Yeah, I'm not a fan of that sentence. It implies something that isn't true.
People aren't ditching broadband for cellular. That's ridiculous and would be insanely expensive.
Latest on Google Fiber
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 1:51 pm
by GORDON
I don't understand Google's new wifi scheme. It won't ever be as fast or reliable as a hard line, so it will never be two comparable services, right?
Latest on Google Fiber
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 2:14 pm
by TheCatt
GORDON wrote: I don't understand Google's new wifi scheme. It won't ever be as fast or reliable as a hard line, so it will never be two comparable services, right?
Wireless has grown tremendously in speed capabilities. But like satellite vs cable TV, no, it'll probably never be the same. That being said, it'll be sufficient for most people. It won't be as fast, but they'll do fiber backhaul to towers (like cell phone system), so if they need more capacity, they can do just more towers, which is a lot easier than more homes.