Re: Google fiber hopes to expand to 34 new cities

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Date	Thu, 20 Feb 2014 09:59:53 -04-59 (UTC)
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> On 2/20/2014 4:08 AM, RS Wood wrote:
>>  From the "but first we tear up your road" department:
>> Title: Google Fiber, Ultrahigh-Speed Internet, May Expand to 34 New Cities
>> Author: By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
>> Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 19:52:52 -0500
>> Link: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/19/google-fiber-ultrahigh-speed-internet-may-expand-to-34-new-cities/
>>
>> Google is asking 34 cities to pave the way for Fiber without guaranteeing it
>> will install it, a change in approach as the Internet giant grapples with
>> real-world challenges like tearing up roads.
>>
>
> Gigabit ethernet connections (or anything close to that speed) for the
> end user requires that speed *end to end* on the route. Folks on Google
> fiber will probably have gigabit speed routes to Google servers / google
> search/apps/docs etc, but probably hardly anything else. I would think
> most other content providers would need to pretty much have to pay
> Google to install their servers at Google's datacenters to be able to
> provide similar speed, or get some seriously expensive peering circuits.
>

Wait a minute, isn't the Internet just a bunch of tubes that carry data
(e.g., cat videos, urgent messages about what people just had for breakfast,
streaming porn, conspiracy theories, and NSA-required metadata)? If
that's still true, then shouldn't "bigger mains" equate to "faster lolz"?

P.S. haha. :p
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Now frequenting comp.misc daily in a prolonged fit of netstalgia.

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Google fiber hopes to expand to 34 new cities RS Wood  <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-20 09:08 +0000
  Re: Google fiber hopes to expand to 34 new cities 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-02-20 09:35 -0500
    Re: Google fiber hopes to expand to 34 new cities wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-20 09:59 +0000
      Re: Google fiber hopes to expand to 34 new cities RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-20 18:47 +0000

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