{"id":303891,"date":"2010-02-10T11:09:07","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T16:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/google_becomes_an_isp_plans_to_deliver_1_gigabit_c.php"},"modified":"2010-02-10T11:09:07","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T16:09:07","slug":"google-becomes-an-isp-plans-to-deliver-1-gigabit-connections-to-50000-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/303891","title":{"rendered":"Google Becomes an ISP: Plans to Deliver 1 Gigabit Connections to 50,000 Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"google_broadband_logo.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/images\/google_broadband_logo.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"85\"\/>Google just <a href=\"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/think-big-with-gig-our-experimental.html\">announced<\/a> that it will beginning to build and test an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/appserve\/fiberrfi\/public\/overview\">ultra high-speed broadband network<\/a> in a small number of locations in the United States. <font style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">tweetmeme_url = 'http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/google_becomes_an_isp_plans_to_deliver_1_gigabit_c.php';tweetmeme_source = 'rww';<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/tweetmeme.com\/i\/scripts\/button.js\"><\/script><\/font>The company wants to offer fiber-to-the-home connections that will reach 1 gigabit per second. For now, Google plans to first roll out these connections to around 50,000 people, with the potential to reach over 500,000 people at a later stage.<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><em>Sponsor<\/em><br \/><a href='http:\/\/d.ads.readwriteweb.com\/ck.php?n=18199&amp;cb=18199' ><img src='http:\/\/d.ads.readwriteweb.com\/avw.php?zoneid=14&amp;cb=18199&amp;n=18199' border='0' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Google, this will be an experiment. The company hasn&#8217;t decided on where to build this network yet, but you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/appserve\/fiberrfi\">nominate your own neighborhood here<\/a>. The nomination process will end on March 26 and Google plans to announce where it will deploy this network by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"560\" height=\"340\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/wusklcNKDZc&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/wusklcNKDZc&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>According to today&#8217;s announcement, Google plans to offer these connections at &#8220;competitive prices&#8221; and wants the networks to be open to competitors. Google current operates a <a href=\"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com\/2006\/08\/free-citywide-wifi-in-mountain-view.html\">free WiFi network<\/a> in its hometown of Mountain View. <\/p>\n<h2>Finding Killer Apps<\/h2>\n<p>According to Google, this effort will help the company to experiment with &#8220;new ways to help make Internet access better and faster for everyone.&#8221; Specifically, Google wants to see what the &#8220;killer apps&#8221; for these kind of connections are and test how to build better fiber networks.<\/p>\n<h2>U.S. is Lagging Behind &#8211; Will this Help?<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. has been lagging behind with regards too broadband speeds and adoption. Just last year, the average broadband speed in the U.S. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/broadband_speeds_around_the_world.php\">actually declined<\/a>. With Chrome and the Chrome OS, Google has recently tackled a number of problems where it feels like the company is more interested in pushing technology forward than becoming a market leader. Nobody has really pushed broadband speeds in the U.S. forward and given that there are a lot of places where the incumbent cable providers don&#8217;t even have competition, there has been relatively little incentive for these ISPs to provide higher speeds.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/google_becomes_an_isp_plans_to_deliver_1_gigabit_c.php#comments-open\">Discuss<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/ZzkXVl8566Aei07T_Y1iDGTIbUc\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/ZzkXVl8566Aei07T_Y1iDGTIbUc\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/ZzkXVl8566Aei07T_Y1iDGTIbUc\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/ZzkXVl8566Aei07T_Y1iDGTIbUc\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=xkTo-nHcY0A:7_zMNQE78xY:FFnlKYwJmN0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=FFnlKYwJmN0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=xkTo-nHcY0A:7_zMNQE78xY:Ij26kaj3iuU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=Ij26kaj3iuU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=xkTo-nHcY0A:7_zMNQE78xY:C2pbw5bZMiI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=C2pbw5bZMiI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=xkTo-nHcY0A:7_zMNQE78xY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=xkTo-nHcY0A:7_zMNQE78xY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=xkTo-nHcY0A:7_zMNQE78xY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=xkTo-nHcY0A:7_zMNQE78xY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=xkTo-nHcY0A:7_zMNQE78xY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=xkTo-nHcY0A:7_zMNQE78xY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=xkTo-nHcY0A:7_zMNQE78xY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=xkTo-nHcY0A:7_zMNQE78xY:OqabYuBsmOY\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=OqabYuBsmOY\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/readwriteweb\/~4\/xkTo-nHcY0A\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google just announced that it will beginning to build and test an ultra high-speed broadband network in a small number of locations in the United States. The company wants to offer fiber-to-the-home connections that will reach 1 gigabit per second. 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