No thanks Google Fiber, we're good.
- Thread starter Howell
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Stereodude
Not really a
So, when are you getting it? 
ddrueding
Fixture
With no bandwidth cap? There must be some brutal TOS. Makes my $500/mo T1 look even worse.
Stereodude
Not really a
You have a T1 at home?
Howell
Storage? I am Storage!
haha, I have the lowest level cable Internet offered. Not anytime soon.
FWIW, this started out as a way for the electric utility to communicate with it's residential meters.
FWIW, this started out as a way for the electric utility to communicate with it's residential meters.
ddrueding
Fixture
My (current) place is connected with Gigabit Fiber to my office. The office has a pair of T1s and a wireless backup in a load balanced config.
blakerwry
Storage? I am Storage!
I'm not sure how they plan to offer 1Gbps to multiple premises when the fastest Internet connection speeds most Tier1 providers offer is an OC48 (2.5Gbps) or GigE. Recently 10GigE has become an option, but I don't know how widely deployed it is.
I also don't see why they'd have a problem pricing it, when they can simply look at their own costs for the upstream bandwidth and price accordingly. Admittedly, Tier1 bandwidth providers networks are often not oversubscribed. Residential ISP networks often reach 50:1 or worse over-subscription rates. You do have to pay a premium to get guaranteed bandwidth with an SLA.
I also don't see why they'd have a problem pricing it, when they can simply look at their own costs for the upstream bandwidth and price accordingly. Admittedly, Tier1 bandwidth providers networks are often not oversubscribed. Residential ISP networks often reach 50:1 or worse over-subscription rates. You do have to pay a premium to get guaranteed bandwidth with an SLA.
Stereodude
Not really a
How far is your office from your (current) place?
Howell
Storage? I am Storage!
I would imagine that any traffic that goes outside the network is not as fast. A MAN.
ddrueding
Fixture
126 meters
My new house is 13 miles away, so I'll be limited to 150Mbps point-to-point wireless with a 4' dish.
Stereodude
Not really a
Boy, your commute must just suck.126 meters
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ddrueding
Fixture
Boy, your commute must just suck.
I walk to work, but my travel to other sites averages 100+mi/day.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
So Optera Metro is the current standard and Pegasus is only arriving? Shit, I worked on Pegasus' development line TEN YEARS ago (nine and half, to be precise). Broadband hasn't moved on that fast if it took ten years to finally see OC192 penetrate the market.