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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: CNS on March 30, 2011, 11:20:11 AM
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BreakingNews Breaking News
Google says it will make Kansas City, Kan., first site of its ultra-fast broadband network http://bit.ly/hfsojE
Internet access more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have today.
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Sorry Saul.
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OMG, I bet Topeka is pissed.
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This is MASSIVE for KC. Just huge.
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OMG, I bet Topeka is pissed.
After they whored out their name to Google and all, this one has to really hit them where it counts.
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Just for frame of reference, a "T1" line will get you speeds of 1.5 MEGAbits per second...these are for business use.
Google is going to provide 1 GIGAbit per second...that's 100 times faster than a "T1" line...to people's rough ridin' homes.
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What sort of impact would this have on Call of Duty?
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Heh.
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Just for frame of reference, a "T1" line will get you speeds of 1.5 MEGAbits per second...these are for business use.
Google is going to provide 1 GIGAbit per second...that's 100 times faster than a "T1" line...to people's rough ridin' homes.
Glad people have devices that will be able to use all of that.l
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Just for frame of reference, a "T1" line will get you speeds of 1.5 MEGAbits per second...these are for business use.
Google is going to provide 1 GIGAbit per second...that's 100 times faster than a "T1" line...to people's rough ridin' homes.
Not really comparable. A T3, which gets you "only" 45Mb/s is thousands of dollars a month, but you are paying for more than just the bandwidth.
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1 GIGAbit per second
with kc being the only place that has it will it even be noticable or functional? I mean, if only one side of a bittorrent exchange has it there will be no difference, right? I'm really high computer and IT IQ but someone can go ahead and explain the implications for everyone else if they want.
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Just for frame of reference, a "T1" line will get you speeds of 1.5 MEGAbits per second...these are for business use.
Google is going to provide 1 GIGAbit per second...that's 100 times faster than a "T1" line...to people's effing homes.
Glad people have devices that will be able to use all of that.l
School districts do. They'd be able to stream you a HC (hell, 3D) live feed of what was happening in your class room and you could watch from your couch. They could do that for every single classroom in their district simultaneously. OR, let you download any lecture ever given in any class at your highschool (once they get them recorded) at any time, instantly, across thousands of homes simultaneously.
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1 GIGAbit per second
with kc being the only place that has it will it even be noticable or functional? I mean, if only one side of a bittorrent exchange has it there will be no difference, right? I'm really high computer and IT IQ but someone can go ahead and explain the implications for everyone else if they want.
Basically correct. Think of it as a pipe, if one end of the pipe is small, the large end of the pipe won't see a difference in throughput.
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1 GIGAbit per second
with kc being the only place that has it will it even be noticable or functional? I mean, if only one side of a bittorrent exchange has it there will be no difference, right? I'm really high computer and IT IQ but someone can go ahead and explain the implications for everyone else if they want.
For those interacting with each other within the area (both ends have the 1Gig connection) it will be amazing. Business to Business in the area will be stunning. The schools, utilities, cops, fire, KU Med, they will all be able to interact instantaneously.
Biggest winner are the schools.
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Just for frame of reference, a "T1" line will get you speeds of 1.5 MEGAbits per second...these are for business use.
Google is going to provide 1 GIGAbit per second...that's 100 times faster than a "T1" line...to people's rough ridin' homes.
T1's are antiquated and slow, but they are still expensive because many areas that use them don't have any other option.
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No more snow days....just have every single student online from home in a group video conference with their teacher.
Only obstacle is the cost for families that can't afford the service or a PC. The bandwidth could handle it.
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No more snow days....just have every single student online from home in a group video conference with their teacher.
Only obstacle is the cost for families that can't afford the service or a PC. The bandwidth could handle it.
pretty sure the bandwith could already handle it
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No more snow days....just have every single student online from home in a group video conference with their teacher.
Only obstacle is the cost for families that can't afford the service or a PC. The bandwidth could handle it.
That's where the Google chrome Laptop comes in. :fatty:
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Guys,
good news. Since this will happen in such close proximity to us, i'm going to download it to our server.
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No more snow days....just have every single student online from home in a group video conference with their teacher.
Only obstacle is the cost for families that can't afford the service or a PC. The bandwidth could handle it.
Google is coming to town, not Santa.
Would be interesting to see how many homes in KCK don't have computers.
Heard a related radio bit on this(not KCK specific) but it was talking about how smart phones are mostly responsible for bringing the internet to the poor. It was a bit on social networking and the use of it with regards to race. Said that many poor can't afford computers, but have the phones.
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Guys,
good news. Since this will happen in such close proximity to us, i'm going to download it to our server.
great idea saul
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Someone with high GoogleIQ explain why KCK was chosen.
tia.
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Someone with high GoogleIQ explain why KCK was chosen.
tia.
KCK is a hole. Maybe it was due to cheap easements/land use for fiber installation?
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Someone with high GoogleIQ explain why KCK was chosen.
tia.
jones pool
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n a blog post, the search giant thanked all the various communities for their interest, but said it chose Kansas City after "a careful review." Google said that it was looking for a city where it could "build efficiently, make an impact on the community and develop relationships with local government and community organizations."
Kansas City has a relatively small population of about 150,000, which may have influenced Google's decision.
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nerds
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Perhaps they didn't want to give the Westboro Baptist Church nearly unlimited bandwidth.
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OMG, I bet Topeka is pissed.
After they whored out their name to Google and all, this one has to really hit them where it counts.
This can't be stated enough.
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I thought I heard that this was going to be chosen from the candidate pool by means of lottery?
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Is this strictly KCK or surrounding areas (Johnson County namely).
Dunno why they wouldn't but it in Johnson County with all the business HQs located there.
Also, Topeka is to Google what Mizzou is to the Big 10.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o7bKLG3A3w&feature=player_embedded
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You're living in a land of delusion if you think they're going to sell you a 1 Gig Internet Pipe for $49.95 a month.
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You're living in a land of delusion if you think they're going to sell you a 1 Gig Internet Pipe for $49.95 a month.
What if they data mined the eff out of it and sold all the activity to advertisers?
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What kind of sales people work for AT&T and the Cable Companies in KCK? All my schools have at least 100Mbps Ethernet Service rolling into 1 Gig and 10 Gig host locations, with 100Mbps to 250Mbps Internet Ports. I look at utilization reports and show them to IT folks who think they're just blowing it out, and then they realize that even with 1000's of kids online and all kinds of online learning they're maybe at 50% utilization tops at most school locations, and maybe hitting 80% utilization on the Direct Internet Access Ports at Peak times.
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What kind of sales people work for AT&T and the Cable Companies in KCK? All my schools have at least 100Mbps Ethernet Service rolling into 1 Gig and 10 Gig host locations, with 100Mbps to 250Mbps Internet Ports. I look at utilization reports and show them to IT folks who think they're just blowing it out, and then they realize that even with 1000's of kids online and all kinds of online learning they're maybe at 50% utilization tops at most school locations, and maybe hitting 80% utilization on the Direct Internet Access Ports at Peak times.
:dnr:
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You're living in a land of delusion if you think they're going to sell you a 1 Gig Internet Pipe for $49.95 a month.
What if they data mined the eff out of it and sold all the activity to advertisers?
If you were smart, you'd hate Google.
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What kind of sales people work for AT&T and the Cable Companies in KCK? All my schools have at least 100Mbps Ethernet Service rolling into 1 Gig and 10 Gig host locations, with 100Mbps to 250Mbps Internet Ports. I look at utilization reports and show them to IT folks who think they're just blowing it out, and then they realize that even with 1000's of kids online and all kinds of online learning they're maybe at 50% utilization tops at most school locations, and maybe hitting 80% utilization on the Direct Internet Access Ports at Peak times.
I agree in circumstances where the schools are interacting with the outside world. However, if an entire district, or districts were connected together with 1gig connections then you have the frame work to do "new" things. You essentially have your own little "Internet 2" for your group of schools. http://www.internet2.edu/about/
It will take time for the benefits to be realized, but I suspect some cool cac will happen.
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Pete these networks I am discussing are connecting all the schools (Metro Ethernet), its only when it gets to the host locations that it either connects the user to internal servers/applications/VoIP or gets handed off to the outside.
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No more snow days....just have every single student online from home in a group video conference with their teacher.
Only obstacle is the cost for families that can't afford the service or a PC. The bandwidth could handle it.
And the teacher will be a robot.
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This is great for the industry I work in.
Think of it this way....we would not have Skype and the likes without the transition from Dial-Up to high speed cable or DSL. This will allow users to Skype in high definition without bandwidth issues, lag etc.
Not sure how many of you use Teleconferencing (VTC). There are software applications that allow the user to dial in on a bridge (take Tandberg (now part of Cisco) for example). They offer a desktop software that allows the user to dial in on a bridge or far-end Codec. The bridge allows for multiple users to interact in one conference call from different locations (for the non-IT people out there). This type of bandwidth from home will allow desktop users with the software to experience high quality, uninterrupted video conferencing. This is huge in higher education for distant learning, or businesses with salespeople always on the road. I see this fiber broadband having a major impact on telemedicine.
Also, we will have the ability to download a HD movie in under 5 minutes.
As far as why KCK was chosen... I've heard infrastructure, population, influence of JoCo business spenders (on the news Google called this "easy people to work with"), and I-70 corridor.
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http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/03/30/google.kansas.city.broadband/index.html?hpt=C2
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This is great for the industry I work in.
Think of it this way....we would not have Skype and the likes without the transition from Dial-Up to high speed cable or DSL. This will allow users to Skype in high definition without bandwidth issues, lag etc.
Not sure how many of you use Teleconferencing (VTC). There are software applications that allow the user to dial in on a bridge (take Tandberg (now part of Cisco) for example). They offer a desktop software that allows the user to dial in on a bridge or far-end Codec. The bridge allows for multiple users to interact in one conference call from different locations (for the non-IT people out there). This type of bandwidth from home will allow desktop users with the software to experience high quality, uninterrupted video conferencing. This is huge in higher education for distant learning, or businesses with salespeople always on the road. I see this fiber broadband having a major impact on telemedicine.
Also, we will have the ability to download a HD movie in under 5 minutes.
As far as why KCK was chosen... I've heard infrastructure, population, influence of JoCo business spenders (on the news Google called this "easy people to work with"), and I-70 corridor.
Polycom. :fatty:
Microsoft Lync :fatty:
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This is great for the industry I work in.
Think of it this way....we would not have Skype and the likes without the transition from Dial-Up to high speed cable or DSL. This will allow users to Skype in high definition without bandwidth issues, lag etc.
Not sure how many of you use Teleconferencing (VTC). There are software applications that allow the user to dial in on a bridge (take Tandberg (now part of Cisco) for example). They offer a desktop software that allows the user to dial in on a bridge or far-end Codec. The bridge allows for multiple users to interact in one conference call from different locations (for the non-IT people out there). This type of bandwidth from home will allow desktop users with the software to experience high quality, uninterrupted video conferencing. This is huge in higher education for distant learning, or businesses with salespeople always on the road. I see this fiber broadband having a major impact on telemedicine.
Also, we will have the ability to download a HD movie in under 5 minutes.
As far as why KCK was chosen... I've heard infrastructure, population, influence of JoCo business spenders (on the news Google called this "easy people to work with"), and I-70 corridor.
Polycom. :fatty:
Microsoft Lync :fatty:
Enjoy Polycom products every day. ;)
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I read that Google is already working on Google Super Duper fast, which will be 1000 times faster.
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My friend lives in KCK :driving:
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My friend lives in KCK :driving:
I ALSO HAVE A FRIEND THAT LIVES THERE! :surprised:
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My friend lives in KCK :driving:
I ALSO HAVE A FRIEND THAT LIVES THERE! :surprised:
I have no friends in Wyandotte
:cry:
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Ultra fast internet at the T-Rex Cafe? :bracketmouse:
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Ultra fast internet at the T-Rex Cafe? :bracketmouse:
and at JJJJYAAAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZZ
rip Grixs :frown:
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two big reasons why google picked kck:
1) unified government of kck/wyco makes clearing regulatory issues much easier
2) they don't lay their cable/phone/electric, they hang it all, making it much cheaper to implement
boom, bandwithed.
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Pete these networks I am discussing are connecting all the schools (Metro Ethernet), its only when it gets to the host locations that it either connects the user to internal servers/applications/VoIP or gets handed off to the outside.
you live in north carolina. brutal
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/30/big-cable-backed-broadband-bill-soars-through-nc-house-one-step
boom, pot roast.