Google tests 1Gbps internet network in US

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  1. truebluefan

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    After more than two years of anticipation, Google finally announced on Thursday that the company's ultra-high speed internet service Google Fiber would become available to the residents of its test community Kansas City starting in September.

    Offering an internet connectivity speed of one gigabit per second, Google said the service will be about 100 times faster than the speed most Americans have with current broadband connections, reported Xinhua.

    Instead of a broadband connection, Google Fiber is composed of thin optical fiber lines that run directly from a person's home to a data centre, which is then in turn connected to the national internet backbone.

    According to Google, it is this "direct connection" from a person's home to the national backbone that will allow users to experience such high internet speeds.

    Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ternet-network-in-US/articleshow/15192884.cms
     
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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    Sure would! We shall see
     
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