For example, much of what we would want a gigabit broadband network to deliver is high definition video.
The company is already experimenting with its one-gigabit fiber network in Kansas City, offering lightening-fast broadband and TV services.
Chattanooga, Tennessee built out a gigabit fiber network that has helped attract businesses like Amazon and Volkswagen, creating more than 3, 700 local jobs.
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Merely hours after Google and the city of Austin jointly made clear that Google Fiber would be hitting up local homes in mid-2014, Ma Bell has made public its "intent" to built a 1 Gigabit fiber network in the same area.
If you want gigabit performance across the network, especially without jitter and latency, you need to pay big bucks.
Google said that it would be upgrading an already-existing fiber network in Provo that does not offer gigabit speeds, by purchasing iProvo, a fiber-optic network owned by the city.
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The Barona Casino outside San Diego now has a 1-gigabit-per-second network and 100 of its 2, 000 slots attached.
What this means for you and me is that our electronics become increasingly more powerful and efficient, with faster processing speeds that allow us to check all network packets at gigabit speeds.
The network, called Gigabit Seattle ( www.gigabitseattle.com) includes three pieces: Fiber directly to the home and business in twelve demonstration neighborhoods, dedicated gigabit broadband wireless connections to multifamily housing and offices across Seattle, and next generation mobile wireless internet.
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Network traffic is handled by a pair of Gigabit Intel LAN ports, ensuring high speed transfers for outstanding network performance.
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With gigabit speeds, the AC1800 extends network range and provides more reliable coverage at greater distances, making it possible to stream more content to multiple smartphones, tablets, and smart TVs anywhere in the home.
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Cable, for example, is considering technologies extending the reach of its coaxial cable networks above the current 1 GHz threshold, and Verizon has demonstrated 1 gigabit and 10 gigabit capability on its existing FiOS network.
When Google announced that it would build a fibre-optic broadband network capable of delivering one gigabit-per-second internet roughly 150 times the average American internet speed to residential users in an American city, mayors lined up to debase themselves.
It also includes a USB port for file sharing and five gigabit wired ports for connecting to a broadband network and attaching additional wired devices.
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Both products include a USB port for sharing content over a network, along with DLNA support and Gigabit Ethernet ports.
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For hardware, Google has its own dedicated Network Box with a four-port gigabit Ethernet router and 802.11n WiFi, a TV Box with live viewing and a WiFi access point as well as a Storage Box DVR with 2TB of data and the ability to record eight shows at once.
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Launched in April, the 1, 000-node network is anchored by two redundant 3Com CoreBuilder 9000 switches interconnected by dual 1Gbps Gigabit Ethernet-trunked connections.
The City, the University and Gigabit Squared have signed a Memorandum of Understanding and a Letter of Intent that allows Gigabit Squared to begin raising the capital needed to conduct engineering work and to build out the demonstration fiber network.
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