Google Fiber

Well ok, it's not launched over here, and it's only in Kansas City at the moment, but it shows the kind of solutions that are out there and we're moving towards.

Google Fiber

All your browsing habits logged and sold to advertisers and there ain't no plugin that could stop that if you choose to take fibre/fiber from them and people thought Phorm was bad.

LOL, paranoid much.

In reply to a post by techguy:

All your browsing habits logged and sold to advertisers and there ain't no plugin that could stop that if you choose to take fibre/fiber from them and people thought Phorm was bad.

LOL, if you think Google's that bad, what about the security services? MI-5, GCHQ, NSA, CIA etc?

In reply to a post by techguy:

All your browsing habits logged and sold to advertisers and there ain't no plugin that could stop that if you choose to take fibre/fiber from them and people thought Phorm was bad.

http://fiber.google.com/legal/privacy.html

Technical information collected from the use of Google Fiber Internet for network management, security or maintenance may be associated with the Google Account you use for Fiber, but such information associated with the Google Account you use for Fiber will not be used by other Google properties without your consent. Other information from the use of Google Fiber Internet (such as URLs of websites visited or content of communications) will not be associated with the Google Account you use for Fiber, except with your consent or to meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request.

We do not share personal information with companies, organizations and individuals outside of Google except in the circumstances (such as with your consent, with domain administrators, for external processing and for legal reasons) as more fully set out in the Google Privacy Policy.

We may share non-personally identifiable information publicly and with our partners � like content providers, publishers, advertisers or connected sites.

Pretty standard stuff.

Yup its a damn fine service.

And with their current performance you actually believe them on privacy?

Hmm -

Now if Google would only take over OpenReach and show them how to roll out a product without asking everyone and their Cat if they want it first...

..then WE might have the service the (failed) government plans have threatened us with for years.

wishful thinking or what?

In reply to a post by TechGuyUK:

Now if Google would only take over OpenReach and show them how to roll out a product without asking everyone and their Cat if they want it first...

Only thing is, Google do ask everyone and their cat if they want it first. They won't install it without a minimum number of pre-registrations. And pre-registering costs $10.

Maybe they could partner with companies like Hyperoptic over here (ok, I'm biased on this one) and run Google TV and other services over their network?

I hadn't seen the $10 fee - but that's a LOT easier to swallow (and to sell neighbours on) than not having your cab on the rollout and been told to find £5k - £10k to get it upgraded to FTTC, which we were...

even there free service would be good unlimited and upto 5meg down but the construction fee $300 or $25 over 12 months and after that free interwebby

A bit more information.

When ever we are asked to rate your ISP now, it has to be 0... well unless you happen to live in Kansas

In reply to a post by locutus:

Well ok, it's not launched over here, and it's only in Kansas City at the moment, but it shows the kind of solutions that are out there and we're moving towards.

Do you know something we don't?

1Gb symmetric is awesome, scrapping line rental is the cherry on the top

In reply to a post by QPrints:

1Gb symmetric is awesome, scrapping line rental is the cherry on the top

In the UK too - http://www.hyperoptic.com

Sadly only in a few high rises in the London area. About the same percentage of the country as Google Fibre is in the USA. :-/