Google Fiber project has entered the implementation phase

Last year there was a time when only lazy did not speak about the Google Fiber project. Indeed, “1 Gbit / s in every home” is a very decent speed for our time. Not many providers offer a channel “width” even at 100 Mbps, and here a whole gigabit. But the goal of the Google Fiber project is not to increase the bandwidth of the home network, but to test new types of web applications, including services related to HD video. Last year, so many applications from US cities were filed for the Google Fiber project, and the initiators of the project even delayed the second stage, since more time was spent on the review of applications than originally planned. And so, recently it became known that Google Fiber has already begun work at Stanford University.

This was reported by one of the students at Stanford University, unsubscribing to Reddit. As proof that the Google Fiber project still works, the student attached a screenshot with speedtest.
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It would be better, of course, he posted some screenshot of downloading a group of files from a torrent server, it would be more obvious. By the way, in Ukraine, Beeline, and later Kyivstar, purchased by Beeline, began offering users a connection to the Network at a speed of 100 Mbps. And the declared speed really was, similar screenshots were laid out and my friends.

Now, if the screen showed the speed in gigabits, then it would be possible to envy, but for now there is nothing special to envy. But the main thing, of course, is not speed, but the fact that the Google Fiber project has really begun work, and judging by the statements of the project participants, other participating communities will soon be connected to the Google Fiber network.

Now, by the way, Stanford students are connected to a high-speed network, paying only for installation and cable pulling to the house. Students will not pay a year for the connection itself - a very large number of connected ones are happy about it. Well, it remains to hope that the implementation of the project will go smoothly, the testing phase will be successful, and soon the gigabit Internet channel will become a standard in the home. And not only in the USA.

Via anandtech + reddit