Fast internet is fast. Google Fiber’s gigabit connections? That’s like driving a sports car compared to the go-cart-speed connection that’s probably in your house. But new technology from IBM opens the door for connections that are beyond fast. Comparatively, it’s like flying a fighter jet.
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Most of the world is still without gigabit Internet, and ISPs aren’t exactly flocking to bring that super-high-speed connectivity to cities. Start-up costs are just too unwieldy to attract ISPs to lay the fiber-optic networks necessary for operation, and the usual market forces aren’t supplying the necessary impetus to get things moving in most locations. […]
AT&T has announced today that it has begun deployment of 100 percent fiber internet broadband network in Austin. As a result, Austin residents who opt for AT&T’s fiber based internet service will receive speeds of up to 300Mbps by December. AT&T will also be rolling out gigabit internet, offering speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second, though the network won’t go live until mid-2014. The service is called GigaPower.
The company says that its high-speed internet service will initially reach “tens of thousands” of customers throughout Austin this year. Additional local expansion has been planned for next year to reach more neighborhoods and businesses. AT&T wants customers to vote for their neighborhoods to help it identify customer demand and influence which locations should GigaPower be expanded in the future. A&T hasn’t provided any pricing details as of now, it says that more information regarding the service will be provided come December. Google announced earlier this year that its high-speed internet service, Google Fiber, will be coming to Austin in the near future. AT&T is pulling one up on the internet search giant by rolling out its service first in the market, notwithstanding the fact that it will only be able to offer 300Mbps speeds at launch.
AT&T Fiber Internet Comes To Austin This December, Gigabit In 2014 original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Google announced earlier this year Provo City, Utah would be the next location it will be rolling out its Google Fiber to later this year. Residents in Provo City won’t have to wait long as a new promotional video comparing Google Fiber to broadband speeds has announced the service will begin rolling out in October. (more…)
Google Fiber Compared To Broadband In Provo City Promotional Video original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Google Fiber—which for most of us is an idea better than any dream we’ve ever had—is expanding. After blessing Kansas City with superlightspeed Internet, it’s moving on to Austin, Texas and Provo, Utah. Chances are you probably don’t live there. Chances are you might have not even heard of Provo. Chances are you’re wondering why it’s not your city getting Google Fiber and not Provo.
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For those of you who happen to have the Google Fiber Android app installed on your respective Android powered devices, here is some news that might just catch your interest. Apparently, an update to the app has just been introduced recently, where it will introduce new support for Vudu, which means users will have yet another over-the-top video service to choose from, with Netflix and YouTube being the other two that are already in existence. The support pages for its Vudu setup do seem to have dated back to August 5th, which is rather strange since the masses did not hear a beep concerning Vu’s launch on the Google Fiber Android app from Vudu as well as Google. Perhaps they both want to keep this low key, which would be rather surprising to hear if that were true then.
The change log, however, points out that this particular update will enable viewers to search for and view content across their TV and mobile devices, but do take into consideration that the iPad app has yet to receive any kind of update. Apart from that, you will find channel shortcuts in the main menu which paves the way for faster switching back and forth.
Google Fiber Android App Update Introduces Vudu Support original content from Ubergizmo. 
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In a Wired piece published recently, Ryan Singel assails Google’s newfound hypocrisy when it comes to net neutrality. And he’s right. Having spent many years fighting to stop Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from discriminating between different types of Internet traffic, the tech giant is now perpetuating a long-standing form of that discrimation with Google Fiber, its own ISP, by adopting a terrible Terms of Service clause that bans the use of “servers.” Google’s ban on servers is sadly not a departure from the norm, as similar prohibitions can be found within the Terms of Service of other large ISPs.
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Kansas City resident Nick LeGrande, who is 13 years old, threw out the ceremonial first pitch before an Oakland Athletics vs. New York Yankees game earlier this week. What made it so special is that the pitch was thrown from 1,800 miles away using a combination between a robotic pitching machine and Google Fiber. LeGrande
When you combine Google Fiber, a robot and a boy 1,800 miles away from a baseball game, you already know it’s going to be a good story. But this is better than just good. Google Fiber helped a boy with a rare blood disorder throw out the first pitch at a baseball game that was 1,800 miles away.
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