Google Fiber Reminds People It's a 'Real Business'

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While Google Fiber gets a massive amount of media hype (justly based on its disruptive speed and price point), the reality is that despite numerous city "launches" -- not that many people can actually get the service. But while many ISPs and analysts have dismissed Google Fiber as an adorable experiment that will never impact them, many of these folks have been forced to changing their tune as Google Fiber's list of planned launch cities grows larger. In a profile piece over at USAToday, the company once again notes that while Google Fiber may have begun as a PR exercise, it's now dead serious about being a large, nationwide disruptive kick in the ass for incumbent broadband providers. "It is indeed a real business, and it's serving to increase competition as well, and that's something that we don't mind," Google Fiber boss and former Qualcomm exec Dennis Kish tells the paper. "We think it's healthy for the market and for consumers."

 

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The capabilities for fiber-optic connections close to 1.0 terabit/s in commercial internet have been here for a while.
Would love for Google Fiber to light a fire under the asses of these other ISPs.
Would also love remote parts of the US to have adequate internet instead of that satellite/dial-up BS.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

I'm hoping they can drive the prices down. We got it in my neighborhood but the numbers don't work for me. I'd go from paying like $160 to like $150 for internet and cable.

 

[EndDomination]

I'm hoping they can drive the prices down. We got it in my neighborhood but the numbers don't work for me. I'd go from paying like $160 to like $150 for internet and cable.

Its incredible just how much the ISPs overcharge people here in the US, their costs have actually been going down over the past few years, while their prices have gone up and the service remains pathetic. Verizon FIOS "500/500" connection is like $270/month and at best you can expect maybe 1/2 of the speed, with a wired connection while the wifi will be running at an even more pitiful speed.
There's no reason it should cost like it does.

 

[hayesc0]

I'm hoping they can drive the prices down. We got it in my neighborhood but the numbers don't work for me. I'd go from paying like $160 to like $150 for internet and cable.

I have it just have the basic internet not very fast but meets my needs for free and since I have ps vue and netflix I'm only paying like $38 for cable. I'm saving a fortune since I was always paying like $100 with comcast.

 

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I'm hoping they can drive the prices down. We got it in my neighborhood but the numbers don't work for me. I'd go from paying like $160 to like $150 for internet and cable.

how doesn't that work?

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

how doesn't that work?

Well that $150 is for like a year. After that I think it becomes higher, because I'd have to get cable through AT&T and they will jack up their prices. It could work if we scaled back on bandwidth I guess.