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.
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.
Can we work on expanding existing fiber so most places get at least a single gig fiber first?
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.
Edit: I wasn’t real specific on how it’s split. So that 50 Gbps feed is sent down a single fiber to a splitter, which is often in the field in an AP cabinet. From there fiber that actually goes to the customer’s premise gets connected. It feels a little dirty splitting like some sort of old coax system, but it makes rolling out fiber to the home much, much quicker.
Google basically gave up because even with their bankroll, dealing with the regulatory bullshit monopolies current providers had a lot of places was prohibitive.
I have a feeling the people making fiber internet faster aren’t the same people installing it in neighborhoods.
Google also isn’t the people making fiber faster. It’s scientists in labs
https://www.popsci.com/technology/fiber-optic-wavelength-record/
So you are proving their point, not to be a dick, but theyre the ones financing both so I agree with who you responded to that they shiuld allocate their investments into expanding their customer base before improving it for the existing customer base.
There is already some news about it, but I don’t think you will like it. Link to post
We have fibre in Cambodia, but… It’s mainly sub 100Mbps for affordable lines. 1Gb worldwide would be great first!
Crying in german. Multiple friends of mine who live in city centers of huge cities still have 16Mbit connections.
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.
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.
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.
You can connect a lot of data about someone, and then send them a lot of ads at 50Gbps.
Much bandwidth for a DDoS <3
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.
The old cable companies are clinging to their coax! Let DOCSIS die!
In a stunning turn of events, Google killed the project because it was boring and wasn’t Search.
I am surprised that this is a major event, I would have thought this would be a relatively simple progression of the tech.
