Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Google to offer 'ultra high-speed' broadband in US

I was reading about 4G the other day, it was an interesting read. It seems that companies should be investing in this technology (and future iterations or wireless technology). It seem that it will outpace fibre technology and does not involve 'digging' up all the roads etc.

Hopefully it is designed so its available over a vast area, much as the current mobile network. If I was a domestic broadband supplier I would be slightly worried.
 
stridemat said:
I was reading about 4G the other day, it was an interesting read. It seems that companies should be investing in this technology (and future iterations or wireless technology). It seem that it will outpace fibre technology and does not involve 'digging' up all the roads etc.

Hopefully it is designed so its available over a vast area, much as the current mobile network. If I was a domestic broadband supplier I would be slightly worried.
Click to expand...

it has already been implemented in a city in our country (Perth). but thats a good 3,000km away 😉

it hits about 100mb/s max, or 12.5MB/s. very decent speeds, however Telstra current has a 42mb/s network setup NATION wide (i think its that speed). but they run on NEXTG which is still only 3G - so 4G will eventually go further and faster then the current Telstra network.

australia is having their internet upgraded to, fibre for everyone i think!

the bummer is that there currently are no 4G mobiles out haha! (not that i can find anyway)
 
As far as I know O2 are the only operator to trial 4G, and knowing the UK it will not become 'the' standard until after the rest of the world has adopted it.

Anyhow it would be great to have access to faster than broadband speeds at home and 'out and about.'

It turns out the UK has a target for implementation of 4G between 2012 - 2015 so not to far away, but like you say it will need support from mobile manufactures.
 
stridemat said:
As far as I know O2 are the only operator to trial 4G, and knowing the UK it will not become 'the' standard until after the rest of the world has adopted it.

Anyhow it would be great to have access to faster than broadband speeds at home and 'out and about.'

It turns out the UK has a target for implementation of 4G between 2012 - 2015 so not to far away, but like you say it will need support from mobile manufactures.
Click to expand...

we are the same over here.. not much we can do.

anyway, we digress!

does anybody think that google really will succeed with this? personally i do. their pricing will be VERY competitive. i see it as an advantage, lower prices for all!
 
yg17 said:
On the surface it sounds like a good idea, but being Google, I'd be concerned about privacy. I'm just not sure I'd want Google as my ISP.
Click to expand...

Hmmm Paranoid? Have to agree with you, there spreading there reach a little bit too far for comfort for me.
 
Wow. I think I would be willing to give up all my surfing “marketing” data to Google for 1 Gbps down. And Google is big proponent of net neutrality, so this would be an interesting test network for that.

If this comes true it could really force AT&T, Comcast and the other providers nationwide to shape up.

I think I’ll forward this story to my town’s mayor. 😀
 
gibbz said:
Their is idea is getting close to Apple's closed ecosystem model.

Offer Google Chrome OS on a Google Tablet which connects to Google's Cloud though Google super high speed internet.
Click to expand...


Mr. Schmidt was quite attentive when he attended Apple board meetings.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back