{"id":5829,"date":"2013-10-01T05:39:31","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T09:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=5829"},"modified":"2013-10-01T06:02:51","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T10:02:51","slug":"att-can-do-gigabit-when-competing-with-google-fiber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/att-can-do-gigabit-when-competing-with-google-fiber.html","title":{"rendered":"AT&T can do gigabit when competing with Google Fiber"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nA challenge gets the\r\nincumbents beyond selling slow and expensive as long as they can.\r\nBoth these networks will use fiber optics, and that plus fast wireless to\r\nreach everybody else would be very interesting.\r\n

\r\nRoger Cheng wrote for Cnet yesterday,\r\n\r\nAT&T attempts to out-Google Google in Austin fiber race:\r\nThe telco says it will begin offering its “GigaPower” service to Austin and surrounding areas this year, with further expansion and a 1-gigabit connection planned in 2014. But how much will it cost?<\/a>\r\n

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\r\nThe company said on late Monday that it would launch its “GigaPower”\r\nsuper-fast home Internet service on December 1 in Austin, a city\r\nthat Google has said it would deploy its own speedy Google Fiber\r\nservice.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nGigaPower would start with speeds of 300 megabit per second, or\r\nroughly 40 times the speed of the average U.S. Internet home\r\nconnection, before upgrading customers to 1 gigabit per second next\r\nyear. Google also plans to offer its own 1-gigabit connection some\r\ntime next year.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nBy moving first with its offering, AT&T is attempting to quell the\r\nGoogle buzz and drum up a little hype for itself. The initial launch\r\nwill cover tens of thousands of customers, and AT&T said it has\r\nplans to expand throughout Austin and its surrounding neighborhoods,\r\nalthough it will be selective about it.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n“We are opening up the portal to understand the interest that\r\ncustomers have,” said Lori Lee, a senior executive in AT&T’s home\r\nsolutions unit. “They will influence where we will expand\r\ninitially.”\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nAT&T was mum on price, likely reluctant to give away any market\r\ninsights to competitors such as the cable providers. Lee would only\r\nsay it would be a good value to customers.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nIt’s unclear whether AT&T will try to match Google Fiber on price.\r\nIn Kansas City, where Google Fiber is already available, Internet\r\nservice costs $70 a month, while a bundle with TV costs $120 a\r\nmonth.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\nDaniel Perez wrote for ubergizmo 18 January 2013,\r\n\r\nFCC Chairman Wants Gigabit Internet Across All 50 U.S. States By 2015<\/a>,\r\n

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\r\nFCC Chairman Julius Genachoski as … has issued a challenge that\r\ncould bring gigabit internet by 2015.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nGenachoski has issued the “Gigabit City Challenge” where\r\nhe would like all 50 states in the U.S. have at least one gigabit\r\ncommunity by 2015. He’s hoping this challenge will help spark more\r\ncommunities to adopt gigabit internet, which would result in the\r\ndevelopment of “next-generation applications and services that\r\nwill drive economic growth and global competitiveness.”\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nAccording to the FCC, there are currently 42 communities across 14\r\nstates with fiber-based internet, which is certainly a good start.\r\nBut 14 states out of 50 in total still isn’t even half of the\r\ncountry, which is staggering considering just how much people rely\r\non the Internet these days.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

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