Google Fiber Final Decision Gets Delayed
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Google had a plan to put out some really, really high speed internet to some communities out there–Google itself calls it “100 times faster than what most people have access to today” (check the via link for proof)–but they’ve got a bit of a problem: announcing to the world that they’ve got really super ultra fast internet and they want to hand it over to various communities means that lots and lots and lots of places are going to want in. And so, Google’s delaying its final decision on who gets in.
See, Google got a lot of respondents. Not at all surprising–some reports suggest that this is one gigabit internet we’re talking about here–but something Google really should have seen coming considering the number of places that don’t have anywhere even approaching that. Considering the number of places that actually count themselves lucky to have one meg, this is something Google really should have seen coming. But Google actually got around 1,100 respondents, and as a result, this is making Google sweat a bit. Who’s the one community that Google will drop crazy fast Internet access on?
An earlier map of Google’s choices shows that it’s likely to be in the Midwest if for no other reason than that’s where most of the responses came from; while New England and the Pacific Coast are also well-represented, the biggest scattering of dots appear to be around the Illinois area and surrounding states.
And by Google’s own admission, lots of communities could really use this particular edge for any of dozens of reasons, whether it’s to revitalize downtown areas (who wouldn’t want to live in an area with that kind of net speed?) or to draw businesses in, or anything else.
Google expects to make a decision early 2011, but considering they’ve already been on this since early 2010, I wouldn’t hold my breath. Still though, if they actually pull this off, in any wide range, it will likely destroy ISPs as we know them. Who will pay Comcast’s prices for ten meg when Google will go exponential on them?
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I have been the contact person for our application to provide a corridor connection out here in West Texas from Wolfforth to Brownfield and all of the small towns in between. About 30 miles in sandy loam — great digging for burying fiber optics cable! I can see reliable, speedy connectivity as turning around our current problem of depopulation of the Plains.
I was delighted to receive the message about the delay. That told me that at least we were still under consideration!
Betty, it’s scarcely a surprise to me–how everyone wouldn’t want this is just beyond me. Hopefully it’ll go even farther before it’s all done!