Google Fiber - Time to ditch TimeWarner!

Madican · **Joined:** Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:18 pm **Posts:** 13531

You're just worried we'll love Google like you never could.

owenster · **Posted:** Fri Jul 27, 2012 1:26 pm

5 mbps internet? Psh I have 25mbps and I pay the same as what they want to charge.

Stranaton · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2012 12:22 pm

I get about 18 mbs

Syobon · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:34 am **Posts:** 15027

I only skimmed through but I'd swear I'd read 1 Gbs.

owenster · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2012 7:06 pm

It's for the tv aspect I think, since they're using fiberoptics. Also because aren't they doing on-demand and streaming.

Tetrunes · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:51 pm

Syobon wrote:

I only skimmed through but I'd swear I'd read 1 Gbs.

I saw 1000mbps, but that's only in the vid.

Data math is so wierd

Mete · **Joined:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 2:54 pm **Posts:** 12656

One gigabit per second, or 128 megabytes per second. That's around one album per second.

Bits and bytes, people.

Stranaton · **Posted:** Sun Jul 29, 2012 1:41 pm

that speed was for streaming and TV service, not internet.

Superior Bacon · **Posted:** Sun Jul 29, 2012 1:56 pm

didn't google hack facebook once

Tetrunes · **Posted:** Sun Jul 29, 2012 2:23 pm

Nah, they just snuck in when he left it up.

Topaz Luckdragon · **Posted:** Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:42 pm

They made a really nifty commercial for this.

AWKWARD ZOMBIE