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New carbon nanotube fiber acts like textile thread, conducts electricity and...

Nanotubes are tightly packed in the new carbon nanotube fibers produced by Rice University and Teijin Aramid. This cross section of a test fiber, which was Continue reading →

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Why Is Google Fiber the Country’s Only Super-Speed Internet? – Wired Enterprise

Google Fiber was supposed to be a shaming exercise. But any shame felt by the country's big-name ISPs hasn't yet to produce the sort of ultra-high-speed internet services we've all been hoping for....

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Google Fiber ‘not a hobby,’ could expand, tech giant’s execs say

Google Fiber, the Internet search giant's super-fast Internet experiment in Kansas City, Mo., that operates at a speed 100 times faster than a typical broadband connection, could be coming to a city...

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Time Warner Boosts My Speed, Cuts My Bill: I Just Happen To Live Near Google...

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Google Fiber Gets Time Warner Cable to Compete on Price – Amazing What Some...

News: Google Fiber Gets Time Warner Cable to Compete on Price - Amazing What Some Actual Competition Can Accomplish Continue reading →

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Report: Google Fiber putting pressure on Time Warner Cable’s pricing in...

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NEC and Corning achieve petabit optical transmission

Novel multicore fiber design enables 1015 bits per second. Continue reading →

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Comcast, Verizon Wireless, and Time Warner Cable. When Will the Rest of Us...

Google may choose to expand its service, but there’s little incentive for established players to come up to speed. Continue reading →

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Cable companies make 97% margin on internet services and have no incentive to...

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The Official Netflix Blog: US

Welcome to the Netflix blog for US & Canada – The home of opinion and thoughts on the latest technologies, services, and devices for the world’s leading Internet subscription service for enjoying...

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BBC News – Fast fibre: A community shows the way

How fast is your home broadband? Seventy to 80 Mbps if you're one of the few with the very fastest fibre broadband services? Perhaps 10Mbps if you've got an average connection, maybe under 2Mbps if you...

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Google looking for Google Fiber engineers in Waterloo – FP Tech Desk

Despite looking for Google Fiber engineers in Waterloo, Google has revealed no plans to expand its broadband project. Continue reading →

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Google Fiber attracting startups, creating nationwide buzz

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You Don’t Want Super-High-Speed Internet, Says Time Warner Cable – Wired...

Time Warner Cable chief technology officer Irene Esteves says you don't really want the gigabit speeds offered by Google Fiber and other high-speed providers. Continue reading →

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Google Fiber Expands 1GB Internet Service To Another City: Olathe, Kansas

Could this be the start of a wider roll-out for Google's super-fast Internet service? Continue reading →

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Researchers create fiber network that operates at 99.7% speed of light,...

Researchers at the University of Southampton in England have produced optical fibers that can transfer data at 99.7% of the... Continue reading →

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Google Fiber could expand to Austin as city preps for joint announcement next...

Google and the City of Austin, Texas have sent out invites to a press conference for "a very important announcement" next week, according to VentureBeat, and it is expected that the two will reveal......

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Google Fiber coming to Austin

A major announcement from Google is scheduled for next week. However, multiple sources confirmed to KVUE News that it will be to announce the City is getting Google Fiber high speed Internet. Continue...

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Analyst: Google Will Spend $84M Building Out KC’s Fiber Network To 149K...

With Austin, Texas expected to be named as the next city for the Google Fiber project, possibly as soon as tomorrow, the analysts at Bernstein Research have.. Continue reading →

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Google Fiber cost: Nationwide network could cost $11 billion

Google's (GOOG) gigabit broadband Internet service has been well received by the lucky few who have it, while the rest of us have been left eagerly awaiting for it to arrive in our hometowns. Continue...

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AT&T announces plans for 1Gbps fiber service in Austin, Texas; Google gets...

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Time Warner Cable: You Don’t Really Need Google Fiber – Because We’re...

News: Time Warner Cable: You Don't Really Need Google Fiber - Because We're Secretly Awesome and Incredibly Competitive Continue reading →

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HBO and Cinemax come to Google Fiber, cable companies shaking in their boots

Google Fiber has a lot going for it, both as an ISP and a pay-TV platform. There was was one gaping hole in the service though: no HBO. Lets be honest Continue reading →

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ISPs warned to ignore Google Fiber at their own peril

Remember how Time Warner Cable executives tried to claim that American consumers don't actually want 1Gbps broadband connections? Well, InfoWorld's Paul Venezia isn't having any of it and says that...

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CenturyLink Whines About Google Fiber in Utah – Uses Sleazy Tactics for a...

News: CenturyLink Whines About Google Fiber in Utah - Uses Sleazy Tactics for a Decade, Cries About Fairness Continue reading →

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Google Fiber: Rival data speeds increasing as Fiber forces competition

Google's ultra-high-speed Google Fiber Internet service won't be accessible to the bulk of Americans for quite some time, but the revolutionary service's impact is already being felt even by those who...

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Look Out Google Fiber, $35-A-Month Gigabit Internet Comes to Vermont – Digits

Heads up, Google Fiber: A rural Vermont telephone company might just have your $70 gigabit Internet offer beat. Continue reading →

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Vermont telephone company offering $35-per-month gigabit internet service

Google Fiber has certainly raised awareness — and interest in — gigabit internet access, and several companies beyond the search provider are working on spreading the high-speed networks across......

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Vermont Telephone Company’s gigabit internet service is live, half the price...

Remember how Google Fiber's recent announcement for planned service in Austin by 2014 spurred immediate competition from AT&T? It's safe to say Continue reading →

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Time Warner: Free Wi-Fi in Austin forced by Google Fiber

There's little doubt that Google Fiber is forcing rivals to be more competitive, and another instance of Google's Internet service forcing rival ISP's hand has emerged. Continue reading →

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