Google in talks to start it's own wireless phone service.

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

Construction has begun


I think there is a dude on here who lives in one of the neighborhoods

Oh aight...you know when they supposed to go live?

 

[Jutt]

Its gonna happen breh @Jutt and I called it in the last geekset podcast which is comin up this week

Dish network does a own a large LTE spectrum which is unused BUT at the same time, none of googles nexus devices use LTE, still interesting though

Breh we called it over a year ago when we did that article for fsbs. I wouldn't be shocked if this was all data based

 

[newarkhiphop]

Oh aight...you know when they supposed to go live?

Early next summer

 

[Bruce Wayne]

IF it Rivals the Giant known as Verizon with Great Coverage or even Close to Verizon Status with Coverage then I'd be down, especially if the Plans are a lot more Reasonable and Flexible. I'll look into holding out for this.

#WayneManor

 

[Arcavian]

They need to hurry up. I'ma throw ATT in the bushes.

 

[Kartel13]

these mu'fukkas are really going to take over the world.

 

[aXiom]

Its gonna happen breh @Jutt and I called it in the last geekset podcast which is comin up this week

Dish network does a own a large LTE spectrum which is unused BUT at the same time, none of googles nexus devices use LTE, still interesting though

LTE is an evolution of GSM. Its backwards compatible, just depends on the frequency. If you stick a LTE sim in a phone without a LTE radio it'll just fall back to hspa/3g/edge depending on the type of radio and the type of bands the phone and service provider supports for data/voice. Let's say you stick an AT&T LTE sim in a nexus 4, it'll just fall back to hspa+. Can't wait for VoLTE to become mainstream so we can rid ourselves of the garbage that is known as CDMA.

 

[humble Hermit]

My contract should be up in dec 2013..perfect timing

 

[badvillain]

Does anyone have or know anyone who has that Google ISP which I think was deployed in KC? How's that been going?

700 mbps $70 a month....the early reports say people aren't leaving their homes because they are in complete amazement.

After months of fanfare and anticipation, gigabit home Internet service Google Fiber finally went live on Tuesday in Kansas City. The search giant is offering 1Gbps speeds for just $70 per month—significantly faster and cheaper than what any traditional American ISPs are offering.

"We just got it today and I’ve been stuck in front of my laptop for the last few hours," Mike Demarais, founder of Threedee, told Ars. "It’s unbelievable. I’m probably not going to leave the house."

He lives in a four-bedroom house run by "Homes For Hackers" on Kansas City’s Hanover Heights neighborhood, just on the state border with Missouri. The house has become one of the hubs for the KC Startup Village, an informal group of entrepreneurs who have clustered around homes immediately eligible for Google Fiber.

Meanwhile, Demarais said that on an Ethernet connection, he’s seen consistent Google Fiber speeds of 600 to 700Mbps, with Wi-Fi topping out around 200Mbps. Even at the slower wireless speeds, that’s more than an order of magnitude faster than what most Americans have at home.

"The first thing I did was BitTorrent Ubuntu," he said. "I think that took two minutes, let me try it again right now."

Prior to Tuesday, Demarais—one of the house’s first two residents—said he’d been working out of local McDonald’s and Panera locations for their free Wi-Fi.

Source: http://arstechnica.com/business/201...in-kansas-city-real-world-speeds-at-700-mbps/

 

[Jutt]

i

LTE is an evolution of GSM. Its backwards compatible, just depends on the frequency. If you stick a LTE sim in a phone without a LTE radio it'll just fall back to hspa/3g/edge depending on the type of radio and the type of bands the phone and service provider supports for data/voice. Let's say you stick an AT&T LTE sim in a nexus 4, it'll just fall back to hspa+. Can't wait for VoLTE to become mainstream so we can rid ourselves of the garbage that is known as CDMA.

I hate cdma but it does serve its purposes somewhat, i'm theory it holds more subscribers per channel.. But cdma protocols are tricky to work with, especially with power management on certain channels

 

[Camammal]

I JUST threw sprint in the bushes, this shyt could not have any better timing.

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

Im sick of caps on ATT. I would put my NOKIA LUMIA 920 on this Google Wireless in a heartbeat!

 

[StatUS]

"The first thing I did was BitTorrent Ubuntu,"

Lies.

 

[Golayitdown]

"The first thing I did was BitTorrent Ubuntu,"

Lies.

same thing I said.

 

[R=G]

I like this...I like the way this FEELS