Google Begins Testing 50 Gig Fiber Internet

Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.howtogeek.com/google-begins-testing-50-gig-fiber-internet/

Researchers from Nokia and GFiber Labs (the experimental arm of Google Fiber) successfully achieved 41.89 Gbps download speeds on a live Google Fiber network. This marks the first time that Nokia’s 50G PON (passive optical network) technology has been used on a Google-owned network, and its one of the only examples of live 50 Gig networking in the United States.

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FutileRecipe@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Can we work on expanding existing fiber so most places get at least a single gig fiber first?

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- gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I have a feeling the people making fiber internet faster aren’t the same people installing it in neighborhoods.
  
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  - Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Google also isn’t the people making fiber faster. It’s scientists in labs
    
    www.popsci.com/…/fiber-optic-wavelength-record/
    
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- conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Google basically gave up because even with their bankroll, dealing with the regulatory bullshit monopolies current providers had a lot of places was prohibitive.
  
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- mipadaitu@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  We don’t have to make everything perfect everywhere before we make improvements to something.
  
  We have more than enough resources to increase availability, and to improve existing connections.
  
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- Subdivide6857@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  This wouldn’t be for a single customer. It’s 50 gig PON, which would serve 32-64 different customers. I’m not an engineer, but I’m assuming it will pave the way for 2.5-5 Gbps services.
  
  Most companies are currently switching from GPON (2.5 gig shared 32 ways), to XGSPON (10 Gbps split between 32-64 customers).
  
  The company I work for has been deploying XGSPON on Nokia transport for a few years now. It’s very nice.
  
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- MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  There is already some news about it, but I don’t think you will like it. Link to post
  
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Technus@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’m shocked that Google Fiber hasn’t yet been added to the list of services they’ve shut down because they got bored of them.

Maybe that’s still to come.

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- SupraMario@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I thought most of the google fiber rollouts where constantly stuck in legal battles with the telecoms. I know here in my state, att basically blocked it constantly by claiming they didn’t have the resources to move their wires to another spot on the public poles.
  
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- Loduz_247@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Well, you have to see, but Google Fiber is a division of Alphabet. Although the closest thing to that was in 2016 when it halted its expansion plans.
  
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- AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  You can connect a lot of data about someone, and then send them a lot of ads at 50Gbps.
  
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- kcuf2@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Getting customers to have a faster internet connection should mean that they visit more sites/do more searches which should mean more ad impressions, which should mean more pathways to revenue generation for Google. Customers not having access to fast internet is an impudence to Google’s future revenue generation.
  
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corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
In a stunning turn of events, Google killed the project because it was boring and wasn’t Search.

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- PoopMonster@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Not before they embed chat into it.
  
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  - Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    You mean AI.
    
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orbitalmayo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Man… I wish. My area still doesn’t even have symmetric gigabit speeds. I’m on a 300mbps package currently with uploads peaking at ~25mbps.

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- Subdivide6857@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The old cable companies are clinging to their coax! Let DOCSIS die!
  
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  - laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Every few months I check to see if anyone’s built fiber to my area or if I’m still stuck with the choice between shit tier cable marketed as 1.2gbit (but rarely even gets halfway there, often below a tenth of that), something else that’s barely better than what we had twenty years ago, and wireless claiming to be 5G but performs like crap for everyone I know who’s tried it
    
    I’ve only been looking for the last dozen or so years…
    
    So damned sick of the bureaucratic bullshit
    
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SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Meanwhile the fiber rollout isn’t going well here because the bottom price sub-subcontractors f-ed up driveways and sidewalks so much they’re no longer allowed to install fiber in places.

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JeffreyOrange@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Crying in german. Multiple friends of mine who live in city centers of huge cities still have 16Mbit connections.

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ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
We have fibre in Cambodia, but… It’s mainly sub 100Mbps for affordable lines. 1Gb worldwide would be great first!

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Pixlbabble@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
How long before pop ups are back and commercials are sent to anything you are doing online.

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Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I am surprised that this is a major event, I would have thought this would be a relatively simple progression of the tech.

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OutrageousUmpire@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It’s about time for this. I’ve developed my home system capable of 100G. WAN connection is the final piece.

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- raldone01@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  What kind of firewall do you have that can handle that amount of bandwidth?
  
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werefreeatlast@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This is the first step towards Google owning your very thoughts.

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lnxtx@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Much bandwidth for a DDoS <3

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