‘Google’s’ Cheap, Wireless Internet As Fast As 1GBS ‘Fiber’

“Google Fiber” is one the fastest commercial internet connection in the world, starting at 1GB per second for its basic plan, according to the service’s official website.  To make the offer even better, the connection is never throttled; meaning that customers can download, stream, and upload as much as they want. However, the biggest drawback to something like “Google Fiber” is the manpower, cost, and effort required to setting up the connection. This is why the company is considering simply beaming the internet directly to customers, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of the “Alphabet Company” in which “Google” falls under, told shareholders last week that the search engine giant will be focusing on faster, cheaper wireless internet connection. One of the ways that they thought of to do this without getting encumbered by cables, obstacles, and distance, is to simply beam the internet connection to people’s homes using millimeter-wave wireless signals.

The beam would come from a central point of origin, which will likely be a tower where the bulk of the cumbersome wires go. Then, the towers will send the high-speed signal to receivers located on the roof of the homes of customers. To understand just how fast “Google Fiber” is, refer to the speed test video below.

According to USA Today, Schmidt met with Alphabet CEO Larry Page and Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat before the shareholders meeting to talk about the implementation of such a technology.

"There appear to be wireless solutions that are point to point that are inexpensive now because of the improvements in semiconductors," Schmidt said. "These point to point solutions are now cheaper than digging up your garden and so forth."

The technology is still in its experimental phase, which is being carried out in Kansas City. The company is planning on performing a trial run by the end of the year as soon as it works out some of the bugs in the system.