Woot more fiber to the home.
Nut's it's google... it could be another google gimmick.
But in any shape or form I support fiber to the home, particularly if it's affordable. And google can do this even if it loses money in the start-up.
1Gb/s is already obtainable even over copper wires. Isp's have been offering this service for $200-$5000 or more, aimed mostly at corporate america. Without routeing new lines. You simply need the router and nic capable of doing it. Most isp's included this in the setup fee's. another $200-$400
At this point in time, in my area, I know comcast can provide 10gb/s but it may not be available to consumers in all areas. But this still provides more bandwidth with less problems, to more customers. So far this has been what comcast actually does. Upgrade their end, then eventually offer better services at an affordable price, while updateing current plans to better speeds because they can. With little additional costs for the consumer.
1gb/s hub can supply 10mb/s to 1000 people. Google will probably go with 100 per node. for 100mb/s during start-up. Useing throttleing and distribution, this could go higher in short order. But the people would have to be able to afford it, and like the service.
isp's data priceing has been atleast 4x what is standard for data. I noticed this mostly after the monoplization and consolidation of telecom and ISP's...It seems as though they pass off the higher maintance costs of the bigger networks into our priceing plans. Even though newer technologies have made it cheaper and easier to maintain. And a majority of the networks still aren't well maintained. =c grrr
Google may offer a service, but it's still gonna be 10/100/1000 plans offered. And they would have to be cheaper then anything else. Or we'd be buying 10 when we want/need 1000...because we can afford 10. If google does a great job supplying that 10...it would only help them. The problem with most isp's is all forms of their services suck. And they do little to address it. Just keep collecting money.
Even then, With all the censorship going around...I'm not sure how google will be pressured into tactics to censor information on their networks. It should offer a better service if they route their own private back bone. KSU, Is an optical hub and is apart of the world wide web, Without that, it would be the same old internet that we are all tired of.
I have high hopes for this. But various things have to be in place to offer a better service. And thus make it a sustainable option for consumers.
I'm willing to try it out when it's available in my area for sure. Which it most definately should be. Virginia has the highest concentration of back-bone hubs. Makeing options and routing convenient, and profitable. It could even be used to add redundancy to other parts of the nation, or world.
I think the atlantic hub is based in Georgia?
So yea i don't think i'm moving any time soon. I'd like to supply my own isp services at some point.
Right now i'm trying to decide what collage course would help in this.
Do i focus on network management, or electrical theory? From what i've been looking into, it would seem that i need a solid understanding of how electricity and radiation flow...more then How a network works....but the two are closely related. The networking classes i have taken don't even scratch the surface, obviously. Of what we need to know.