[TriLUG] Google Fiber

[Wes Garrison]

Yeah, I understand, it's just frustrating that they will spend all that
money to come near our neighborhood but won't provide fiber service.

They are most definitely trying to switch to wireless broadband.

They *won't even sell DSL *to new residents in our area, and TWC stops the
next street over.

It's frustrating because there is a DSLAM/VRAD 1/2 mile from my house that
serves 24Mbps Uverse, but I'm fed out of a DSLAM 3 miles away and can only
get 3Mbps DSL.

On another note, an interesting fact is that DOCSIS 3.0 can push Gigabit
speeds, and the new 3.1 standard can push multiple gigabit speeds and not
break a sweat.
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/why-comcast-and-other-cable-isps-arent-selling-you-gigabit-internet/
(check out the cartoon, too :) )

So when Google Fiber is in the Triangle and AT$T rolls out Gigapower, TWC
can sell Gigabit (asymmetric) HFC cable access, and we'll have some actual
broadband competition!

...just not in my neighborhood.

Just venting a bit.

-Wes




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Wesley S. Garrison
Network Engineer
Xitech Communications, Inc.
phone:  (919) 260-0803
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On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Tim Jowers <timjowers at gmail.com> wrote:

> In Charlotte, Latency was THE showstopper with AT&T DSL. I'm talking large
> fractions of a second to seconds for each request it seemed. Throughput on
> uploads was consistently <100Kb/s when I tested uploading to gmail, from
> what I recall.
> In Wake Forest, TimeWarner has a fast offering. $99.99/month with basic
> bundle. 50Mb/s pretty good.
> Well, I use Gmail, Hangout, and many other Google products. I @#$ sure
> don't see TWC or T doing ANY innovation!  I'd much rather line Google's
> pockets as at least they are innovating.
> I'd love to buy something faster up here. I thought Century or someone was
> going to run fiber but guess that also did not fly. Sad since I am in a new
> neighborhood not 1 mile from their office. I compete directly with people
> in Austin who have 2x and soon to be 6x the bandwidth I have. But, I tell
> you, at about 1:30AM things are super fast around here. Positive side of a
> toothache. :-) :-)
>
> When Google lays fiber then maybe TWC will get busy. Zero reason to have
> laid cable to a brand new neighborhood other than old habits.
>
> Bring it on Google. Yesterday already!
> Tim
>
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 7:33 AM, Steve Burnett <burnett at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > I live in Raleigh and AT&T's U-verse is available, but their Giga
> offering
> > isn't available in my area - at least not yet.
> > --
> > Steve Burnett                 burnett at pobox.com
> > URL                  http://bit.ly/steveburnett
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 28 Jan 2015, Wes Garrison wrote:
> >
> >  Well, I would like to point out that AT&T is bringing their own Gigabit
> >> fiber to the Triangle, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem.  (including Apex,
> >> which apparently may be left out of the Google Fiber lovefest)
> >>
> >> http://www.att.com/att/gigapowercities/
> >>
> >> Of course, this has nothing to do with Google bringing fiber to the
> >> area...
> >>
> >> Supposedly will be completed this year.
> >>
> >> -Wes
> >>
> >> _________________________________
> >> Wesley S. Garrison
> >> Network Engineer
> >> Xitech Communications, Inc.
> >> phone:  (919) 260-0803
> >> pager:   (919) 869-1744
> >> fax:       (919) 932-5051
> >> __________________________________
> >> "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from email."
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Scott Chilcote <
> >> scottchilcote at ncrrbiz.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>  On 01/28/2015 09:06 AM, John Vaughters wrote:
> >>> > I do not understand all the negative sentiments on Google. They are
> >>> doing what every great American Company has done in the past. Use new
> >>> ways
> >>> to further their business. That's all there is to it.
> >>> Hi Jonathan,
> >>>
> >>> It's not hard to find places to poke holes in Google's reputed
> >>> greatness.  They are a company with a poor-to-nonexistent customer
> >>> service record, stepping into a market where customer service competes
> >>> to be the worst possible.  They are positioning themselves to be the
> >>> sole communications provider for our entire region.  They will greatly
> >>> increase our broadband speed, but does this mean that we need to link
> >>> hands and sing their corporate anthem ("I Feel Lucky", sung to the tune
> >>> of "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story) until the glow gradually
> fades?
> >>>
> >>> I don't think that anyone is opposed to Google (or any other business,
> >>> great or otherwise, American, foreign, or international) furthering
> >>> their stockholder's interests.  What I think that a lot of the public
> >>> opposes is business that seeks to gain by using their financial might
> to
> >>> limit the rights of their customers.  For example, the right to benefit
> >>> from competition, the right to protect their privacy, or the right to
> >>> develop new alternatives to the services that they control.
> >>>
> >>>    Scott C.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Scott Chilcote
> >>> scottchilcote at ncrrbiz.com
> >>> Cary, NC USA
> >>>
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