Most of the times, the authentication page won't even load. The times when the authentication page loads, the request will time out. I think I've tried about 30-40 times before (over multiple days) and I've connected and access the internet once or twice (and it's very slow).
They should add to your bandwidth every second like they do with Gmail... otherwise let's face it, your lifetime connection will eventually be like lifetime dial-up is now.
Looking at the page it is 1 gigabit. Still insanely fast at a theoretical 125 Megabytes per Second or 450 Gigabytes per hour. So at full speed you could download a 1 Gigabyte file in 8 seconds. The "free" option for 300 dollars is not quite as speedy. It is 5mbps. 5 megabits per second. The conversion is 0.00488281 gigabits per second. Or 1 Gigabyte every 28 minutes vs every 8 seconds. Good for browsing the web or about 2.197 Gigabytes per HOUR. Good enough to watch an HD Netflix movie after some buffering. According to the website the "free" deal is guaranteed for 7 years with no cap. It's pure genius by Google. At this point in time, the "free" option is skimming the traditional barrier between fast and slow. Almost as fast as most ISP's. But not quite fast enough.
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They should add to your bandwidth every second like they do with Gmail... otherwise let's face it, your lifetime connection will eventually be like lifetime dial-up is now.
That was my first thought; and then I considered how long I have been using 5 mbps internet. At least 4 or 5 years, and I don't really need anything faster. Even when I download the files are not that big or not that urgent.
Plus I currently pay $27 per month for internet, so after 1 year I would have recovered my cost.
I highly doubt this will come to Canada anytime soon... do they know how much it will cost to bring a fibre to your house?? Most new communities in Calgary and surrounding areas have FTTH already, so unless they are leasing those lines, I dont see how else they will bring a strand of glass to your house that is cost effective.
That was my first thought; and then I considered how long I have been using 5 mbps internet. At least 4 or 5 years, and I don't really need anything faster. Even when I download the files are not that big or not that urgent.
Plus I currently pay $27 per month for internet, so after 1 year I would have recovered my cost.
You may not need anything faster right now, but I bet you will in a couple years. With a much faster internet connection you could stream uncompressed Blu-rays for example, instead of the compressed 720p of today.
I highly doubt this will come to Canada anytime soon... do they know how much it will cost to bring a fibre to your house?? Most new communities in Calgary and surrounding areas have FTTH already, so unless they are leasing those lines, I dont see how else they will bring a strand of glass to your house that is cost effective.
Doesn't Google already have their own fiber network in the US? I would imagine that is what they're using as the backbone.
To the home is a different story, but they have a few billion in the bank, and being an internet/TV provider is a lucrative business once you're up and running. They could easily disrupt the entire industry if they take this the right way.
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