I'm Drooling right now, sounds vexy sexy

The Pros and Cons of Google Fiber.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/260013/google_fiber_pros_and_cons.html

I was going to critique the cons to show how they were only for the short term and as you say the pros far outweigh the cons.

cheap? 120 bucks/month ?
I could buy a nearly new car for 120 bucks/month
how many movie/sports channels do you get with it?

Think of it this way. For that I could get rid of my TV Disk which cost a minimum of $40. My telephone and Internet @ $90. Now which is the better deal? Plus I get Gigabit up and down as aposed to 800k up and 2M down. Hmmmm?

I dunno. I'm all for better services and stuff and I understand there are huge investment/infrastructure costs to recuperate but I still feel there is a more intelligent/efficient way to deliver a good Internet service.

I agree 12moon and fiber optic cable is one of them. This should have been done years ago.

some might argue that Internet services are a utility like electricity and water, and that it would be unfair to give differential treatment based on wealth. I can see their point ..

I would think that the internel would be a subset of the Telcom industry as that is basicly where the infrastructure is. The concept of the Utility has been watered down over the years and big business and their obligation to their stock holders is the catch phrase of the day. As long as they can serve the customer without dipping into profits, it is all good. But when service suffers then instead of using profits to build infrastructer they find ways to split services and make excuses. The nature of fiber optics means more effecient telecommunications but to impliment it will cost.

@DCiAdmin - You are correct M'Lady. IOP (Internet over Powerline) has been tried sucessfully many times but the electric company would have to modify their lines just a bit to make it happen. Unfortunately they don't want to even build new power lines if the don't have to.

@Vger - They have come a long way with the technology Vger. I have seen several inpressive test. IMO, The cost of implementation is the big draw back. The only reason these tests were even done was because our tax dollars funded them. Fiber Optic cable is the only answer to the bandwidth problem, if there is one, but fiber optic could potentialy take revenue from telcom and the dish networks to name just two. Just imagine if you will all of these services rolled into one. Telephone, TV, Internet, All on one line with no lag. Yes Vger. Money plays the tune.