When you have up to 77x faster upload speeds than cable internet, everything you do goes much faster — from quickly sending large files, to gaming without lag, to experiencing smoother, more reliable video calls. Wi-Fi that covers your whole home. Google Fiber internet includes mesh Wi-Fi, a powerful home wireless network that gives you multiple points of access throughout your home. That means you can say goodbye to dead zones, dropoffs, and walls getting in the way of your connection.
Check my current speed. Love this service. Tech Specs. Expand all Collapse all. What is Google Fiber 2 Gig? What router can I use with 2 Gig plan? Due to the nature of the 2 Gig plan, customers will not be able to use their own router. Will 2 Gig be available everywhere? In July last year, Google Fiber introduced Des Moines, Iowa, as the first new market for its fiber-to-the-home service in four years.
In its press release , Google Fiber acknowledged choosing West Des Moines because much of the needed fiber infrastructure is already in place, allowing it to use the same cost-effective strategy that worked in its Huntsville expansion.
This may be the model Google Fiber uses going forward to break into new markets, but there is no word yet as to which additional locations, if any, may be on its radar for the near future.
As for further expansion in current markets, Google Fiber recently announced plans to bring service to the Millcreek and South Salt Lake, Utah areas. We're excited to see signs of new life once again from Google Fiber. But even with these new additions, Google Fiber still has a ways to go before disrupting the ISP market to the degree we hoped it would when it announced "fiber is coming" more than a decade ago.
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As one who appreciates high-speed internet and is willing to pay a little more for it, I'd say Google Fiber is worth checking out. Few fiber providers , if any, can match Google Fiber's speed potential, let alone service from cable or DSL providers. You'll want to consider more than speed when it comes to shopping for internet service in your area , though, so here's a full rundown of what you can expect from Google Fiber.
We also present how it compares to other ISPs to help you determine if the service is suitable for your home. The list of cities where Google Fiber is available is growing, as is the availability in markets where Google Fiber is currently available.
Admittedly, that increase brought Google Fiber's national coverage up from a paltry 0. That said, the growth is impressive and the rapid expansion continues. A Google Fiber spokesperson tells CNET that the company is "building in all existing markets" and "built more in than any year previously.
Furthermore and encouraging to a suburbanite like myself , Google Fiber shows signs of expansion outside city limits. I'm still waiting for Google Fiber to reach me a little further south of Charlotte, but if it's available in your area or where you're moving to, here's what you can expect as far as plans and service details are concerned. While gig service is typical of fiber providers and most cable providers, Xfinity is the only other primary provider to offer a 2Gbps service.
And in that case, it's only available to a small fraction of subscribers. There's only one plan available with Google Webpass gigabit service , but cheaper pricing may be available if your building's network can't support gigabit speeds.
As streaming in HD and 4K become the norm and we're connecting everything from smartphones and tablets to speakers, thermostats and a plethora of other devices to the internet, plans with speeds around and below Mbps are becoming less practical, even if they are easier on the budget. Getting back to value, Google Fiber plans are actually better priced than most, even though no "cheap" option is available.
A good indicator of value is the cost per Mbps, which you can find for any internet plan by dividing the monthly fee by the max speeds. The 2 Gigs plan is even lower at 5 cents per Mbps. A sub-dime cost per Mbps is often a great internet deal , and the cost per Mbps of both Google Fiber plans is on par with or lower than most providers at any speed tier.
They also understood that what Google was looking for was not tax breaks or other financial incentives so much as speed in execution, and in particular commitments from the participating communities to minimize build-out delays—and help in lowering construction costs.
In short, Google wanted partners, not antagonists. The finalists offered administrative efficiency —a single master contract, a sole point of contact in city government, streamlined procedures for permits to install equipment on city-owned property, and permission to dig up city streets to lay conduit.
Google was always coy about whether its real goal was to become a nationwide broadband provider, or simply to stimulate investment in next-generation networks by incumbent providers and other new entrants. Becoming a competitive ISP itself was a secondary aspiration. In the end, Google announced plans to build in 34 cities , playing a kind of broadband whack-a-mole game. Incumbents, who initially dismissed the effort as a publicity stunt, accelerated and reprioritized their own deployments city by city as Google announced follow-on expansion.
As the game of gigs played out, city leaders were forced to offer the same administrative advantages to incumbents as they had to Google Fiber. Construction costs fell, and the speed of deployments increased.
Though Google appears to have paused future deployments , the broadband business has permanently changed. Fiber investments by former telephone companies have accelerated or restarted. Cable companies once again upgraded their technology, accelerating deployment of gigabit-capable standards. The two-tiered market of high-speed cable and lower-speed DSL broadband has given way to a free-for-all, forcing adoption of more disruptive strategies by incumbents and new entrants alike.
The result is increased competition between providers and among cities and regions eager for game-changing private investment. Thanks to Google Fiber, the monopoly mindset gave way to one in which both sides understood the other could walk away.
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