Would you switch to google fiber if it was available in your area

[Nithin]

I think I definitely would. I'm paying $40 for cox 3Mbps down. And probably some crappy 512 or something up.

 

[waggy]

yes. no question on that. yes i would/


hell if comcast came out here i would switch

 

[SunnyD]

Wait for Jodell to post, then read his/her sig. There's my answer.

 

[PottedMeat]

fuck yes.

Even if you don't want blazing download speeds and a cool tablet for a remote control, you can still get Google Fiber's basic five-megabit service for $0 per month.

you do need to pay a $300 install fee though.

 

[waggy]

fuck yes.



you do need to pay a $300 install fee though.

no problem. will do. google come install it!

 

[bfdd]

absolutely.

 

[spidey07]

Probably not. Wouldn't want them tracking and mining everything I do.

 

[sdifox]

no ffth here yet :-(

 

[KaOTiK]

 

[SillyOReilly]

Probably not. Wouldn't want them tracking and mining everything I do.

LOL

You aren't important.

Nobody cares.

 

[boomhower]

Agreed 100%.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I am currently under a two-year contract with Comcast for a Triple Play deal which was the best I could get. Once that contract ends I would switch in a heartbeat. Actually I might switch anyway, and just pay an early termination penalty to Comcast.

 

[PowerYoga]

Probably not. Wouldn't want them tracking and mining everything I do.

Just wrap the fiber in tinfoil, it'll block out the google fiber miners.

 

[spidey07]

Just wrap the fiber in tinfoil, it'll block out the google fiber miners.

Heh, direct burial fiber normally has a tin or mesh shield.

 

[swanysto]

Maybe back in the day when I used to illegally download movies I would have switched, but comcast gives me plenty of speed right now(Especially since the biggest files I transfer these days are raw camera files) and they give me a channel line up that I like for the same $120. Actually $108, but there are taxes and stuff.

 

[SlitheryDee]

If anything faster than my 3mb at&t dsl comes along I'm switching immediately, so presumably yes.

 

[z1ggy]

I voted yes bc comcast are Nazi's.

 

[KeithTalent]

Need option for 'absofuckinglutely'.

KT

 

[uhohs]

i'll switch to anything faster than my 6Mbps dsl that doesn't have data caps.

Google fiber? YES PLEEAAAAAAAASSSSEEEE T_T

 

[mmntech]

I don't really give a crap about speed as long as it's consistently fast enough to stream full HD video. Data is more important. Has to be unlimited. Bell has fibre in new developments. Pump up the speed for insanely low data caps. Not sure what Google's offering. It will never come to Canada though. CRTC prefers to keep ISPs Canadian owned, competition be damned. Bell and Rogers would never allow it.

 

[sygyzy]

Who wouldn't? Unless you were poor.

 

[BoomerD]

Probably. It would depend on the price, but if it was even CLOSE to what I'm paying AT&T for DSL...I'd switch in a heartbeat.

 

[Linflas]

Just wrap the fiber in tinfoil, it'll block out the google fiber miners.

No tinfoil necessary, to their credit Google is very up front about the fact that what you exchange for their free services is anonymous mining of your data.

https://fiber.google.com/legal/privacy.html

 

[GT1999]

Probably not. Wouldn't want them tracking and mining everything I do.

I kind of agree with this.

If Google were to really expand this, most telcos have fiber out there and would just need to extend it.

If people think Google has a leg up in terms of infrastructure with fiber, they're dead wrong.

Sorry to break everybody's bubble.

 

[MrMuppet]

$70/mo for 1000/1000?

I currently pay $14/mo for 100/100 and it's fast enough most of the time tbh, so I don't think I'd pay an additional $56/mo for 1000/1000. But it might be worth it for people who need full speeds to/from anywhere in the world, if Google even does that.