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Google shares plans for becoming an ISP
No commentsGoogle plans to deliver 1 Gigabit connections to 50,000 homes
Google recently announced their plans to begin building and testing an ultra high-speed broadband network in the US. Google will start by rolling this out in a small number of locations, and then expand on from there to hopefully around 500,000 locations. Google’s goal: offering fiber-to-the home connections that will reach 1 gigabit per second.
Googles states that at this point, this is being considered an experiment; they haven’t even decided where to build the network yet. Want the network to reach your house? You can nominate your neighborhood for consideration here. Be sure to get your nomination in by March 26 deadline.
If this connection takes off, what will that mean for us…and our wallets?
Google plans to offer these connections at comparable, competitive prices. Google firmly believes that this effort will help to make the internet more accessible and more fast for everyone. The US has been lagging behind other parts of the words in regards to broadband speed and adoption. Time will tell if Google can help us bridge that gap.
For more information on Google’s experimental fiber network, please access the following YouTube video
Stephanie Spino
Marketing Manager, Everon



