Comcast is such a tease. The American cable internet provider set up an 11-mile gigabit network that can download 23 episodes of 30 Rock in less than two minutes. Exciting? You betcha. Coming soon to American homes? Probably not. More »
The WSJ delves into the trials and tribulations of trying to build a gigabit fibre network out to even the 50,000 homes at the low ends of Google’s goals for their trial network. It could cost up to $US1 billion, and Google’s already mentioning to people it’s asking for help, like Case Western Reserve University’s Lev Gonick, whose building gigabit fibre to 104 homes, that “we have a lot to learn”. Oh boy, sign me up. (Actually, do sign me up.) [WSJ]
Since Google wants to control all forms of communication, the logical next step is being not just what you do on the internet, but how you access the internet as well. To do that, they’ll deploy 1gbps fibre to you. More »
The IEEE has begun voting on the 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard recently. And while things aren’t even in the drafting phrase yet, this means that we should see the new standard—and the theoretical 1Gbps speeds it brings—by December 2012. More »
Portuguese ISP Zon Multimedia will deliver one gigabit of bandwidth to broadband customers come September. One gigabit! So, if you want a truly fast internet connection in 2009, you’re better off moving to the Azores than, say, New York City. More »
Network-over-powerline solutions have never been bad—their convenience just came at a cost of speed. That’s no longer the case with Belkin’s Gigabit Powerline HD. More »
