I'm sure both of the cities that still have Google Fiber will be very happy.

*20Gbps to your home from their node.

However, you never upgraded your computer beyond a 1Gbps network connection, the cross connect down the line is limited to less than 10Gbps, the server you want to access throttles you to 100Mbps max, you have 100+ ms ping times.

Unless you have 20+ devices in your house all trying to pull 1Gbps simultaneously, it’s a bit of a marketing stunt. There may be some edge cases, but even 4K streaming is only 25-50Mbps, so you could run 5 devices and be fine.

What I’d love to see is guaranteed latency and QoS settings that ensure I’ll never be throttled during any period rather than more bandwidth.

Fuck Google. These pieces of shit rip people off, lock them into storage plans while holding their email hostage so they can't cancel, then lose their goddamned backed-up files. And don't get me started on the selling of customer data. Just absolutely fuuuuuck Google. Fuck them. Every service they offer is offered elsewhere by less evil companies.

Wondering when the service will be discontinued..

Oh, cool, I'll let the seven people know they can upgrade! Google fucking sucks. Fiber is just another piece of the scam.

Jesus, I don’t even have that in my data center supporting the entire LMS for a large university?!? Who needs that?

How the heck do you even utilize that? Most hardware doesn't get beyond 2.5gig yet, you got to pay out the ass for 10 or higher since that stuff is all datacenter grade. You'd need a router or even just a computer with a QSFP+ port I guess. Easily several months bills in networking hardware if you don't want to end up bottlenecked on your side. Definitely not for the typical home user anytime soon.

Lol. Got 25/25G for $74/month.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Google is rolling out its 20-gig internet service offering to Fiber customers in select markets, with installations starting in Q1 2024.

The new 20Gbps internet service, which comes through Google’s GFiber Labs, won’t come cheap: it’ll cost customers $250 per month.

Google plans to offer the connection initially in Kansas City, North Carolina (Triangle Region), Arizona, and Iowa.

The service availability coincides with last-mile infrastructure upgrades by Google that include the installation of new Nokia 25G PONs, or passive optical networks, that connect all the way to customers' homes.

Meanwhile, Google Fiber’s gigabit tier still costs the same $70 per month since it first became available in Kansas City in 2012.

Google previously advertised that 5Gbps internet could make it easier to upload or download any size file simultaneously, while 8Gbps could handle internet in “near real-time.” But when it comes to the new 20Gbps tier, Google says to expect simultaneous multi-gig connections across multiple floors with Wi-Fi 7 hardware.

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Cries in 0,1 Gbit/s cause DE sucks ass. Won't get fibre for years, but hey at least 100m away the municipality has fibre and the schools 1km away will get connected next year. They just put the cables around my street.

Google Fiber sounds like a laxative. Does the user poop it out?

I'd be interested to know what the actual speeds will be outside of these pilot cities, and internationally. I've seen 10Gbps plans being advertised in my country recently, but they hide the fact that the international speeds are around 2 Gbps. (Still pretty fast, but definitely not worth the cost!)

A better question, actually: Who's the target audience for this? Unless you routinely transfer terabytes of data daily, I don't see why you would need anything more than 1 or 2 Gbps - and if you do need to transfer that much data, wouldn't it be more cost-effective to lease dark fibre instead?