Google Fiber

 Google fiber is a new high-speed network connection that completely blows cable and broadband in the US out the water. Currently, the average US home has about five MB per second, although this can go up to 50mbps in some homes, and even 100mbps if you are lucky.

In Asian countries and some parts of Europe, we are already seeing deployment of fibre optics, some that go to about 300mbps, others that can reach at peak about 800mbps. Google fiber goes a step further, to 1GB per second.

This, for America, is like another x10 to 4G LTE connections and will make your internet productivity and speed incredibly fast. The problem is, Google aren’t that bothered about timing and right now they want to keep Google fiber in Kansas City.

A few months ago, Google’s fiber starting point was Kansas City and now it is being deployed in those areas. Google looks to push Google fiber out to the community of Missouri in the coming months, and there isn’t an expected date for the rest of the US.

Google’s idea was that if you want Google fiber, you have to get your community involved and push the number of dedicated pledgers in your state up, so that Google fiber will move to your “fiberhood”, as they’ve taken to calling the areas of a state.

This means that while one part of a state could have 1GB per second network speeds, others will still be stuck on dull old 5mbps.