Google to offer 1Gbps Internet 0_o?

Google is going to start testing 1 Gbps internet service with fiber. According to them this will be at "competitive" prices as well. For those that don't know, those with relatively fast internet at the moment are somewhere around 10Mbps, the experimental service promises to be 100 times faster at possibly the same price. Mind-blowing? So was the storage offered by Gmail at first (1GB compared to 10MB offered by Hotmail at the time). There's a short intro video below:  
 
  

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It's about damn time. They were buying up all the "dark fiber" five years ago or so. It's about time they did something with it.

Now I know why the OnLive guy is so confident of his service :P

Yeah but there's also DSL technology just around the corner (for almost 3 years so far heh) which negates a lot of the noise cross talk and speeds up DSL to 1GBps too.  I wonder if Google have thought about that.

You know what? Google is fucking rad. PLEASE BUY AUSTRALIA!!

:D

Hey Google: 

I cannot fathom how that will work. This is blowing my mind. The fact that I'm having to buffer this video to watch the end is also kind of ironic.

" Now I know why the OnLive guy is so confident of his service :P "

I would love to be a test dummy for some crazy fast internet.

Daaaang 
 
why only in the states INEEDTHISINSWEDENNOW

Sounds cool, but seeing as how my area just graduated from dial up to a 1mb connection a few years ago, i wont hold my breath for getting this in my life time.

...Google come to Canada? Please??

" Sounds cool, but seeing as how my area just graduated from dial up to a 1mb connection a few years ago, i wont hold my breath for getting this in my life time. "

Google needs to come to canada. I want my internet to go vrrrrrroooooooooommmmm

After all of the questionable antics which Google has been up to as of late... their cataloging of books and such; I am not going to lie but I am somewhat weary.

" ...Google come to Canada? Please?? "

" Google needs to come to canada. I want my internet to go vrrrrrroooooooooommmmm "

Yet another reason why I'm leaving Canada the second I can afford to.  
 
RIP:  
 
PC Gaming 
Movies 
Music 
  
The is the computer equivalent of a natural disaster causing a looting frenzy. 

Mind = Blow
 
I fucking love Google. I don't mind that they're slowly taking over the world.

This is why I love Google. They think big picture and not just in terms of quarterly bottom-lines.

Google bless the USA.

Google dominates in every field they attempt to tackle.  Looking at their track record, this has a 90% chance of being awesome.

Hmmm, I might be wrong but can commercial hard disks even record at 1Gbps ?

someone nominate san diego. please?

Oh man. Look at the response: most people are shouting "I love Google!".
 
Jesus! At this rate they won't even need to try to take over the world.

Loads pages before you decide to open your browser

"Selected locations in the United States"
 
This is relevant to my interests!
 
Well, not that I am to complain with my 16Mbps internet.

""Selected locations in the United States"  This is relevant to my interests!  Well, not that I am to complain with my 16Mbps internet. "

"Hmmm, I might be wrong but can commercial hard disks even record at 1Gbps ? "

THAT IS AWESOME

Honestly Canada needs to catch up, why havent these US internet companies expanded up. We are close are a  relatively similar. I mean what other direction are they going to go, mexico??? 
 
I saw a comercial for somesort of 4g network internet that allows you onto your internet account wirelessly anywhere. That sounds like magic to me!

" Oh man. Look at the response: most people are shouting "I love Google!".  Jesus! At this rate they won't even need to try to take over the world. "

I, for one-  ...dammit!

" You know what? Google is fucking rad. PLEASE BUY AUSTRALIA!! "

Anybody else love Google as a business? I only say this after realizing how useful Google Docs is for me.

WHOA.  I love Google.  Sounds crazy, but if anyone can do it, it's google.  That said I live in a rural area and they probably won't cover my area. :X

Errr... Those 50 thousand people can enjoy that then. But where could you download stuff that uploads at that speed (torrent, I guess).

...who'd a thaought 10 years ago we thought dial-up was fast?

I just came...

My 10Mbps seems pretty fast, 1Gbps? That's just insane.

" @XII_Sniper: you foolishly leave the greatest country in the world to head to a country for faster internet but worse healthcare system and higher crime rate and much more crooked politicians have fun. "

Oh god.

Hope this comes to my area. I'd love an excuse to drop Comcast for good.

" @Driadon said:

" ...Google come to Canada? Please?? "

@Interfect said:

" Google needs to come to canada. I want my internet to go vrrrrrroooooooooommmmm "

Belive me, Australia need it more then you do, we have a limit on how much we can download. "

the uk needs this so bad! our ISP's are fucking atrocious!

I love you Google.    :)

It's only going to be in a very select service area to a relatively small number of people (they said up to 500,000 people). So... the chances that you're going to see it are slim to nil. I'd really like to see Google branch out and offer it on a more global sale though, since they'd be one of the only ISPs without underlying interest in the TV business, and they've got such a huge stake in the internet business that you wouldn't have all the ridiculous limitations on bandwidth and what you are deemed worthy of downloading.