Da Cap’n to [email protected]English • 7 days agoJapan sets new internet speed world record — 4 million times faster than average US speedswww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1538
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•7 days agoWasn’t Google Fiber available in like, one town in Kansas? So I suppose yes, it did increase the average speed, but by a very small amount.
minus-squareosaerisxerolinkfedilink5•6 days agoNot quite. Google fiber did 2 things: 1) in any market thry entered, they forced an ante speed and 2) they provided a model that a bunch of local coops and/or municipal networks could follow (and did) They are currently in 28 markets in the US.
Wasn’t Google Fiber available in like, one town in Kansas? So I suppose yes, it did increase the average speed, but by a very small amount.
Not quite. Google fiber did 2 things: 1) in any market thry entered, they forced an ante speed and 2) they provided a model that a bunch of local coops and/or municipal networks could follow (and did)
They are currently in 28 markets in the US.
A good point for Google