As you guys know from our previous posts, Google has launched a experimental high speed broadband service to many areas in the United States. Recently Google have announced that Standford University in California is one of the areas they will be providing 1 Gbps to. The service will be provided to 850 faculty and staff's homes on the campus. Their goal is to to build up to 50,000 or maybe 500,000 people with this ultra-high speed broadband. According to The Official Google Blog, "Stanford’s Residential Subdivision—our first “beta” deployment to real customers—will be a key step towards that goal. " I see this as a very good idea for Google because Google's HQ is reasonably close by to Standford University's campus so if the service is in need of any maintenance or analysis; it'll be quick to send the results to Google's HQ to manage. Also Stanford University is quite a prestigious university; therefore, they are bound to have bright students and excellent lecturers to give their feedback. Let's hope this service will eventually spread throughout the world soon!
Here's a fun video of Google's little competition among several companies on deploying fiber optics.
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Internet References
- AccuraCast News, Stanford Homes to Get Ultra-High Speed Broadband[Online], Retrieved 27th October 2010, URL: http://news.accuracast.com/google-7471/stanford-homes-to-get-ultra-high-speed-broadband/
- The Official Google Blog, Bringing Ultra-High Speed Broadband to Standford Homes[Online], Retrieved 27th October, URL: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/bringing-ultra-high-speed-broadband-to.html
