Google rolls out fibre optics for gigabit internet

[Nipuna]

Jacob Aron, technology reporter

They sure love speed in Kansas City (Image: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/Rex Features)

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Google has launched its own internet service provider with connections so fast you could download an HD movie in the time it takes to read this sentence, it claims. Google Fiber will offer download speeds of 1 gigabit per second, around 100 times faster than the average US internet connection.

The service will launch in Kansas City, which saw off more than 1100 other communities that had applied to be the first with gigabit internet when Google first announced its plans in 2010. Data will be delivered via Google's own fibre-optic network, which the company is laying down as residents in areas of Kansas City dubbed "fiberhoods" sign up.

Google is offering three flavours of fibre. The top package, which also includes a 2-terabyte TV box capable of recording up to eight programmes simultaneously and the new Nexus 7 tablet as a remote, costs $120 per month, though it lacks popular channels such as HBO, AMC and ESPN. Gigabit internet alone is $70 per month, and there is also a 5-megabit service with no monthly fee - you just have to pay a one-off $300 to get fibre laid to your home.

The fibre connection is actually so fast that users will need a wired home network to take full advantage of it, as even the best Wi-Fi networks top out at around 300 megabits, a third of the speed Google is offering.

Google Fiber isn't the world's first gigabit internet project. That prize goes to South Korea, where five cities are wired up to the nation's pilot gigabit project - and the government wants every household to enjoy such ultrafast speeds by the end of the year.

[Nandika]

Nice News....Nipuna...

and there is also a 5-megabit service with no monthly fee - you just have to pay a one-off $300 to get fibre laid to your home.

The cost for laid Fiber optics cable is very height ($300)..If that is not,I will go to Kansas City and get a connection.

A Good book,as think

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Review
"Comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals and applications...well organized content, adequate problems, and abundant reference for further study make this book a usable textbook...recommended..." (E-Streams, Vol. 6, No. 8)

"...a comprehensive and up-to-date account of fiber-optic communication systems." (CIE News, December 2003)

Glass Technology, December 2000
"...I feel this a must for a researcher in the field of fiber-optic communications" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Book Description
The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester
* ".readers searching for a wide ranging and up-date view of fibre optic communication systems would do well to purchase this book."-International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education (on the Second Edition)
* This comprehensive, up-to-date account of fiber-optic communication focuses on the physics and technology behind fiber-optic communication systems while covering both the systems and components aspects
* Provides extensive details on the WDM technology and system design issues that have developed since the last edition

* An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department.



Book Info
Offers comprehensive, up to date coverage of fiber-optic communication systems with an emphasis on physical understanding and engineering aspects. CD-ROM included.

From the Back Cover
Praise for the Second Edition

"The book covers an extremely large range of topics and provides an excellent starting point . . . Readers searching for a wide-ranging and up-to-date view of fiber-optic communication systems would do well to purchase this book."
–International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education

The latest edition of a proven bestseller offers comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of fiber-optic communication systems with an emphasis on physical understanding and engineering aspects. The author covers both the systems and components aspects of fiber-optic communication systems with a focus on the physics and technology behind them. The Third Edition has been updated to reflect the current state of the art of lightwave transmission systems, with particular emphasis on the rapid development of the WDM technology and system design issues pertaining to current topics of research. These include new data on lightwave systems design, optical amplification and dispersion-management techniques, multichannel lightwave systems, soliton communication systems, and coherent lightwave systems. Some of the material has been rearranged to facilitate the design of courses in optical communications.

Students and researchers alike will benefit from extensive pedagogical aids including:

Extensive reference lists for each chapter
Survey of recent research material for each topic
Relevant end-of-chapter practice problems for teachers and students
Solutions Manual available to teachers on request
System design software on the enclosed CD-ROM

Although intended primarily as a textbook for graduate students of fiber-optic communications, this book is also a valuable resource for undergraduate courses at the senior level and a valuable professional reference for researchers and engineers working in the fields of telecommunications and lightwave technology.

About the Author
GOVIND P. AGRAWAL is a professor at the Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester and a Fellow of both the Optical Society of America and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He is the author or coauthor of over 300 research papers, book chapters, and monographs.

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[Nipuna]

Thanks

And too bad we don't have services like this in here.

And we can't even think of whenever we will get services like this as long as we have SHITTY ISPs like SLT