Comments on: Was Google’s Fiber Plan Just Saber Rattling?

By: James Pakele

James Pakele — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:22:32 +0000

No sense arguing with idiots… For them if it doesn’t happen in their time, then it won’t happen, or the person writing this post, if they don’t get the access they want, when they want it, then it’s vapor.

These people fail to realize that no matter how important they think they are and what access they are entitled to, Google operates on their own time frame.

By: James Pakele

James Pakele — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:22:25 +0000

These people fail to realize that no matter how important they think they are and what access they are entitled to, Google operates on their own time frame.

By: James Pakele

James Pakele — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:47:03 +0000

And just days later… SLAM, it drops, so much for just being a threat…. just goes to show, maybe less speculating would be good…

Just because they don’t give YOU access when YOU want it doesn’t mean they’re bluffing…

By: wfjackson3

wfjackson3 — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:33:43 +0000

Announced today that KCK is getting it.

By: lamapper

lamapper — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:41:17 +0000

Interesting article, an a rational hypothesis given history, however I believe 100% that Google will follow through with the 5 communities. Its not a matter of if, only when.

I just wish they would hurry up as there are a bunch of us looking to see which communities get their Go Big With a Gig Fiber To The Home (FTTH) network. We want to move!

Must haves:
~ Synchronous FTTH (especially upstream bandwidth)
~ Net Neutrality
~ No Throttling of bandwidth below what customer is paying for. (i.e if you pay for 10Mb/10Mb you get 10Mb both up and down 99% of the time) Only FTTH makes this possible, all other technologies is inferior.
~ No Censorship
~ No IP monitoring and surveillance without a court order signed by a judge identifying the accuser of the alleged wrong doing. Thus we honest people can confront our accuser.

Nice to haves:
~ ability to run servers (File, Mail and Cloud) on residential Internet Plans. This encourages innovation by small businesses and helps them get started on a shoe string, get profitable and move to a data center as their services grow.
~ Quality of Service not artificially degraded by any intermediary between our homes and the backbone (all continents) of the Internet.

By our definition Synchronous implies and includes NO THROTTLING or restricting of our residential bandwidth in either direction … upstream or downstream. Upstream is the most important as this is why video and content pause, skip, stall and does not play back correctly. Also will allow for true High Definition (minimum 1024p…not compressed to something less desirable).

By: Joey

Joey — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 06:51:08 +0000

Final word on this for me. Google scouted me on linked in I never applied for the job. I had an interview without every apply for a job. They offered me the interview and I figure what the heck. Nothing to loose for me.

By: David

David — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 05:44:19 +0000

You sir, leaving Microsoft and seeking employment at *shudders* do-no-evil Google was a smart move. If you get on the team, perhaps pick a community in the Charleston area. Yes, I applied.

By: Joey

Joey — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 02:10:45 +0000

No bean spilling if they are hiring for jobs and the specifically advertise it as Fiber to the home project and thats what they tell you. BTW I no longer work for Microsoft that was my decision to leave. Me spilling the beans would be like me signing an NDA to have an interview and not being able to disclose anything and talking about it. Check the job postings on Googles site they are hiring for Fiber to the home network engineers and lab techs.

By: Lakawak

Lakawak — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 02:02:00 +0000

So…they are keeping it a secret…but they spiled the beans to a Microsoft employee? Yeah…right.

By: Lakawak

Lakawak — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 02:00:26 +0000

Who cares if it becomes a reality or not. Like everything else Google does, even if they DO implement it to that out city, it will neer expand. If you believed their hype 5 years ago, over half the country would have free Google WiFi