Thursday, July 26, 2012

Google Fiber: A different kind of Internet. (Wow.)

Google is doing it again.
Google just anounced from Kansas City, streaming live on YouTube for other mortals to see, their new and amazingly fast Internet service, Google Fiber. It comes in 3 flavors so far for residential users:

-Free Internet at today's average speeds: This one gets you a free Internet connection for at least 7 years. You have to pay a construction fee of $300, but hey! 7 years (at least) of free Internet, how awesome is that? You can even pay those $300 in 12 monthly payments of $25, no taxes included.

-Gigabit Internet at $70 per month: Have you ever tried to upload an HD video to Youtube? How long did it take? ... Okay, imagine doing that within seconds. Do you play online videogames? Forget about waiting for the client to update! Imagine yourself doing everything you do today, but 100 times faster. Damn it, possibilities are endless! And no data caps. You also get 1TB Google Drive storage with this.

-Gigabit Internet + TV: Yup, Google is selling you TV. Hold on to your buttcheeks for this one: It costs $120 per month, but you get:
  • Up to one gigabit upload & download speed
  • Full channel TV lineup
  • 2 year contract
  • No data caps
  • Nexus 7 tablet
  • TV Box
  • Storage Box
  • Network Box
  • 1TB Google Drive

I was unaware of Google Fiber up until an hour ago, and I was lucky enough to catch the last part of the stream. Anyway, for more info about Google Fiber, you can go here: https://fiber.google.com.

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