Google is finally going to expand the service of ultra high-speed optical fiber "Google Fiber" with a maximum 1 Gbps

About 10 times as much as Google's communication line (100 Mbps) using common optical fiberWe announced last February that we will offer cheaply the super speed communication service "Google Fiber" which realized 1 Gbps communication speedFinally started to move towards the start of the service.

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Official Google Blog: Ultra high-speed broadband is coming to Kansas City, Kansas

According to Google's official blog, the company announced in February last year about 1 Gbps ultra high-speed optical fiber service "Google Fiber" that can communicate at speeds more than 10 times the average American internet line, close to 1100 from all over the country It seems that municipalities have offered to partnered with Google.

As a result of examination, Google decided to implement the service in Kansas City, Kansas state, and on March 30, 2011 local time to develop development agreement with Kansas City He said he signed it.

In addition, Google plans to start "Google Fiber" service in 2012, and with the spread of broadband in the past 10 years, various services such as music selling service, video sharing service, video conference service, etc. have become widespread We intend to find out what kind of new services will be born by realizing further broadband communication.

Incidentally, receiving this announcement, it is said that disappointed voice is rising from some municipalities that have not been selected, but Google said that "this is not the end but the beginning here, We are planning to discuss possibility of service realization with other local governments over the next few months ", so it is highly likely that the service area will expand in the future.

Kansai Electric Power Co. 's K - Opticom'Eo optical net"High-speed communication services of 1 Gbps are provided by each company, and in 2012Wireless communication standard "WiMAX 2" realizing downlink maximum of 330 MbpsHigh-speed communication services are steadily spreading in Japan, such as the development of ultra-high-speed mobile communication services using mobile phones, but it is also a matter of concern as to whether new services using super high-speed communication will be born from Japan is.