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Google Fiber possibly coming to Salt Lake City

KatieMCR

KatieMCR

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First Provo, and now Salt Lake City. It's nice to see Google showing Utah some love. It will only happen within the borders of Salt Lake City, and not the suburbs within Salt Lake County. It could potentially take up to 2 years before anyone in SLC could actually have the service installed.

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Just be forewarned, anybody that steps inside a Google Van apparently loses all their ability to drive normally. And the Van swarm is all encompassing.
 
It has to be noted that google fiber is not "coming" to SLC. They will start studies and work with the city to see if it is feasible. It's not even "intention to build", its "intention to look into potentially building it sometime in the future". If they bring it to my street i am willing to go as far as paying myself to dig up my lawn and run it from the street to the house though...
 
dodo said:
It has to be noted that google fiber is not "coming" to SLC. They will start studies and work with the city to see if it is feasible. It's not even "intention to build", its "intention to look into potentially building it sometime in the future". If they bring it to my street i am willing to go as far as paying myself to dig up my lawn and run it from the street to the house though...
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Hence the word "possibly" in the topic title.
 
WhatsApp doe?

$19 billion, thats up. Damn! 3 bil for RSU for the employees. Lucky ********!

Sorry, couldn't resist.
 
I don't get it. I have the regular Century Link crap that everyone else has and there is nothing that my slow-*** computer can't do with that internet speed. I don't buffer Netflix, I can stream games, etc. with no problems.

Why does everyone have an e-boner for this fiber nonsense?
 
E.J. Wells said:
I don't get it. I have the regular Century Link crap that everyone else has and there is nothing that my slow-*** computer can't do with that internet speed. I don't buffer Netflix, I can stream games, etc. with no problems.

Why does everyone have an e-boner for this fiber nonsense?
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Some of us are scraping out a living on computers.
 
E.J. Wells said:
Fair enough.

What exactly could you do more of, or what would take less time if the speed was faster?
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I often have to upload gigantic files, so it would be most beneficial for that. Tbh I'm not overly knowledgeable when the computer and internet talk gets too intense. I would have to consult someone about all this.

I'm curious myself of specifics on the service.
 
Come on guys, there is no way Mr. Wells is this ****ing stupid. Dude's trolling hard.
 
E.J. Wells said:
I don't get it. I have the regular Century Link crap that everyone else has and there is nothing that my slow-*** computer can't do with that internet speed. I don't buffer Netflix, I can stream games, etc. with no problems.

Why does everyone have an e-boner for this fiber nonsense?
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It's a good question and one that Google themselves doesn't even have an answer for right now. Being prepared for the unknowable Internet future was basically their answer to that question at the press conferences here.
 
Duck Rodgers said:
It's a good question and one that Google themselves doesn't even have an answer for right now. Being prepared for the unknowable Internet future was basically their answer to that question at the press conferences here.
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But again, if your house isn't wired in Fiber, having fiber to your house doesn't change much. You'll still be limited to what your house is capable of. And nobody wires houses in fiber. WAY too much money.
 
Im so confused by this thread and the posts within
 
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