Summary Box: Google to launch ultra-fast Internet networks in handful of communities
By APWednesday, February 10, 2010
Summary Box: Google to launch ultra-fast network
WHAT’S HAPPENING: Google plans to build a handful of experimental, ultra-fast broadband networks around the country to connect consumers to the Internet.
HOW FAST: The networks will deliver speeds of 1 gigabit per second — many times faster than the DSL, cable and fiber-optic networks that connect most U.S. homes to the Internet today.
WHY NOW: The company wants to drive the development of Internet video and other advanced online applications and ensure that tomorrow’s networks will have enough bandwidth to keep up with them.
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