Can Google Save Us From Slow Internet 240
CoveredTrax writes "As part of the beta test of their new gigabit fiber network, Google has provided Stanford University with mouthwateringly high-speed Internet. Since the program was announced, the service, which is now being provided free to students and faculty in the Palo Alto area, has got a lot of people to asking (sometimes begging) that their city be next on Google's list for communication salvation. But can Google save us all from inferior web access? And more importantly, is it a good idea to let them?"
Re:There will be a time... (Score:5, Interesting)
Why wait on Goog? (Score:4, Interesting)
Chattanooga achieved 1Gb/sec on EPB's network [engadget.com] without any help at all, and both AT&T and Comcast fighting them every step of the way. The fight went well on up the court system hierarchy but the end result is that the fastest service in the U.S. is now here in tiny Chattanooga. I'm proud of that, and can attest firsthand for the quality and cost savings of their service. We went from roughly 600.00 for phone and internet on our business to 100.00/month. Now, why should we wait or expect to burden Google with this, when the very power to attain this resides in your very own communities.. Takes a little doing tho. Good Luck@!
My Internet is blazing fast. Browsers are slow. (Score:2, Interesting)
My Internet is plenty fast. Browsers are slow. OK, the browser combined withe the web site is slow. Chrome does JavaScript really well, blazingly fast. That's only half the problem though. The other half of the problem is that YOUR WEBSITE DOESN'T NEED THOSE SCRIPTS. Yes, I'm shouting. If I were a web designer, I would have embedded a video of a guy shouting using Javascript, along with 10 ads and several other embedded videos, and some Flash. At least half the embeds would contain exploits for IE/Windows and attempts at exploits for other browser/OS combos.
Anyway, plenty of bandwidth. We don't need a fatter pipe. We need less shit being flushed into the sewer that the Internet has become.
It's not kindness, It's net neutrality ... (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:God knows... (Score:5, Interesting)
Its intentional, 85% of the fiber in the ground in most areas is not lit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_fibre#Overcapacity [wikipedia.org]
They took $200 billion taxpayer money and ran off with it,
they are just more of the pirates running the country into the ground.
http://www.tispa.org/node/14 [tispa.org]
We paid for the upgrade already, we got the shaft as usual.
Pirates of the Potomac taking bribes to hand off our money to corporate pirates.