Google will be launching 1 Gbps (1000 Mbps) Internet connection in Kansas City, US.
- This will be run over fiber
- Will offer 2 TB of space
- Will offer HD video from Netflix and YouTube
- No more buffering and waiting
- This will drive a lot of cloud applications as network speed is the key bottleneck for cloud adoption today
This will be a huge jump from the current average speed of 5.8 Mbps in the US. Just hope this spreads to other places soon.
In India the average speed is 0.9 Mbps. Now when will this come to India ?
For being one of the richest countries in the world, the US still lags behind many:
http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/1/2990469/average-global-internet-speed-drop-us
So when are we going to get that in even the rest of the US? By way of reference, here’s my speed, which is pretty good comparatively:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/2092617010.png
I think Google is trying to shame the ISPs into getting their acts together.