*update*-Google Fiber, "were ready to lay fiber", might bundle TV service also

[MovingTarget]

Quote: Originally Posted by HAL9000 View Post Fibre... fibre would be pronounced fib-ree

C'mon HAL, don't you speak 'Murican? Get with the times!

 

[brianmanahan]

c'mon hal, don't you speak 'murican? Get with the times!

yes and stop calling it zed, it is zee!

AND NO LOLLYGAGGIN!

 

[Red Squirrel]

Actually it IS fibre. It's a common bad habit to spell it wrong.

This product will increase the bandwidth of your colon with faster data discharges!

 

[Jeff7]

fibre would be pronounced fib-ree

Nah, I think "fibre" has more of a fee-bruh thing going on.

 

[ultimatebob]

Why? Those other firms are pretty inept at knowing what to do with it...

Yeah, but they're also probably fairly inept at securing it as well. Plus, both companies are notorious for their "evil" business practices.

 

[WelshBloke]

fibre would be pronounced fib-ree

Youre a fibber!

 

[FoBoT]

check this story out, google may be going whole hog to include TV with this Fiber internet deal

An application by Google Inc. to set up a satellite receiving station in the Midwest could hint at the company bundling TV service with its ultra fast Internet service promised for Kansas City. Or something else.

Google is being characteristically mum on the subject, a spokeswoman saying only “we're still exploring what product offerings will be available when we launch Google Fiber” — the name given for its Internet service project.

And the application filed with the Federal Communications Commission for the satellite receivers does not give specifics about how Google might use the station in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/1...ceivers-hint.html#storylink=cpy#storylink=cpy

 

[Phokus]

Just what we need. Even more data being collected about how people use the internet.

Shut up you obnoxious apple fanboy.

 

[zCypher]

Even in Montreal one cannot get real fiber/feee-bruh, only the fake Bell "Fibe" which still uses a copper drop. It doesn't really matter until they're ready to supply speeds that surpass cable/dsl capabilities though. So far cable companies like Shaw already offer 250mbps out west (120mbps here in the East with Videotron), so who the eff cares whether it's "fiber" or not really? Whereas TELUS (and Bell), has a certain number of customers on actual fiber to the premise in both multi-dwelling units and houses, yet all of said customers are still capped at 25mbps (LOL).

The more action we have going on in the internet world, the better IMO. a gigabit internet connection would be sweet.

edit: videotron vs shaw

Come on Google, come to Montreal!

 

[FoBoT]

*update*
they now have a basic web site for 'real' info
http://www.google.com/fiber/kansascity/index.html
http://www.google.com/fiber/kansascity/faq.html

When will construction begin?
Pending city council approvals, we plan to begin our deployment process in Kansas City by the end of this year and begin offering service in the first quarter of 2012.

 

[Jodell88]

see sig.

 

[Ichinisan]

Fibre...

:sneaky:

Shens.

 

[Jaskalas]

Just what we need. Even more data being collected about how people use the internet.

You should read about AT&T split streaming all its traffic.

 

[eits]

google's starting to really freak me out...