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Google Fiber Gaining 5 Gbps and 8 Gbps Internet Tiers in Early 2023
By Mark Tyson published
5 Gbps and 8Gbps services will cost $125 and $150 per month, respectively. Announcement comes in the wake of Google teasing 20 Gbps service tests.
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DDoS Attack Against Minecraft Server was Largest Ever Seen by Cloudflare
By Mark Tyson published
The 2.5 Tbps attack via a Mirai botnet variant didn't have a noticeable effect on the gaming server, thanks to Cloudflare filters.
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Google Tests GFiber Speeds of Over 20 Gbps in Kansas
By Mark Tyson published
Google currently offers 1 and 2 Gbps fiber services, but is going to “dramatically expand our multi-gigabit tiers,” in the coming months.
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Michigan Man Builds Own ISP, Gets $2.6M From Government to Expand
By Mark Tyson last updated
Jared Mauch’s rural FTTH service quickly expanded from 1 to 30 customers and currently has 70. But he now has $2.6m of government funding to allow provisioning for nearly 600 customers.
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FCC Chair Aims to Boost Minimum Broadband Speeds to 100/20 Mbps
By Mark Tyson published
Recent events and changes to peoples' work/life activity have shown the current 25/3 Mbps definition of broadband is inadequate, reckons the FCC Chairwoman.
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Researchers Shatter Bandwidth Record Using Existing 4-Core Fiber Cables
By Mark Tyson published
The key advance, facilitating this new transfer speed record, is the transmission system's support for optical bandwidth exceeding 20 THz.
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Web Inventor Auctions Source Code as NFT
By Ian Evenden last updated
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, is to auction his browser source code as an NFT.
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Coronavirus is Making the Internet Stronger, MIT Claims
By Michelle Ehrhardt published
The coronavirus pandemic is only making the internet stronger, despite increased usage, the MIT Technology Review reports
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