I think my "sweet spot" for bandwidth is around 6Mbps. With that for a home there should be good browsing on multiple computers even if there is an xbox player in the house and a movie streaming on Netflix. As for google... don't forget Youtube, definitely a very popular medium for video content ;). Unless people really start downloading a lot of BlueRay movies... or new things come about that we didn't see coming so fast (wouldn't be the first for the tech market) it will be some time before someone says ... "Dangit, I can't do that cause I only have 10,20,50 Mbps internet!". So.... I agree. Heck, a good number of people still use win98 machines.
On another note, I think a large thing would be simply the question "What is google to you?". The further they reach and the more that know them, the more opportunities they will have to make money through their integration of tons of smaller technologies to provide a platform with connections to dozens of resources and conveniences... maybe? On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 20:06 -0700, Travis Johnson wrote: > I can't wait until they get this installed and running... and then > people get online and discover it's not any faster than their previous > cable/dsl/wireless connection. > > My office computer sits directly on three fiber connections with 930Mbps > of capacity. My home connection is a 2meg wireless. I can't tell any > difference between the two (at least in 99% of web activities). The only > difference comes when downloading large files or streaming video. The > problem is people streaming Netflix or Blockbuster or whatever doesn't > make a dime for Google... so they will hook all these people up, and > they won't generate a single penny from additional web traffic or > searching because of it. Streaming movies is really the ONLY application > that is demanding more bandwidth, and that's the one thing that Google > has no control over and makes no money from... so this whole project may > come to bite them in the end... > > Travis > Microserv > > Scott Carullo wrote: > > Yeah hey maybe they are going to try pulling this off in all the > > communities they were going to blanket with WiFi that failed... Seems that > > didn't go too well. > > > > Scott Carullo > > Brevard Wireless > > 321-205-1100 x102 > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > From: "Jack Unger" <jun...@ask-wi.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 1:35 PM > > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Google to build ultra-fast broadband networks > > > > Sounds a little bit too "dot.com-my" to me too. All PR and too little of > > real importance. > > > > I'd need to see which communities they choose. Hopefully they will > > choose communities that have NO Internet access today instead of > > communities where broadband is already available and a movie can already > > be downloaded quickly. > > > > As to all the hoopla about allowing rural health clinics to send medical > > images quickly, that sounds like a load of bull. Is Google going to: > > > > 1. Build the fiber network out to the rural, high-cost areas? > > > > 2. Build "rural medical clinics" for the area(s)? > > > > 3. Cover the insurance costs for the 40% of the adult population with no > > medical insurance and who therefore can't afford to go to the clinic for > > medical treatment? > > > > If Google is going to do all of the above then I say "Google is GREAT! > > More power to 'em". On the other hand, if Google is NOT going to do all > > of the above, then I say "Keep your damn Press Release at home until you > > are able to put more truth into it". > > > > NOW, on a practical note, what could Google in a partnership with WISPs > > that would really bring win-win-win benefits to the public?? > > > > jack > > > > Marco Coelho wrote: > > > >> Google to build ultra-fast broadband networks > >> > >> WASHINGTON - Google plans to build experimental, ultra-fast Internet > >> networks in a handful of communities around the country. > >> > >> The search company said Wednesday that its fiber-optic broadband > >> networks will deliver speeds of 1 gigabit per second to as many as > >> 500,000 Americans. Google Inc. says those systems will be more than > >> 100 times faster than the networks that most Americans have access to > >> today. > >> > >> In a blog post, the company said the networks will let consumers > >> download a high-definition, full-length feature film in less than five > >> minutes and allow rural health clinics to send 3-D medical images over > >> the Web. > >> > >> Google says it will seek input from communities that might be > >> interested in getting one of the testbed networks. > >> > >> ****end of article > >> > >> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_broadband_network > >> > >> sounds very dot commy to me: > >> Best price on a 1G pipe is about 1K-5K within a NOC. I wonder how you > >> make money giving it away? > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! 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