As if 20 Gbps wasn't enough.

Researchers from Nokia and GFiber Labs (the experimental arm of Google Fiber) successfully achieved 41.89 Gbps download speeds on a live Google Fiber network. This marks the first time that Nokia’s 50G PON (passive optical network) technology has been used on a Google-owned network, and its one of the only examples of live 50 Gig networking in the United States.

  • FutileRecipe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1113·
    1 month ago

    Can we work on expanding existing fiber so most places get at least a single gig fiber first?

        • 11111one11111@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 month ago

          So you are proving their point, not to be a dick, but theyre the ones financing both so I agree with who you responded to that they shiuld allocate their investments into expanding their customer base before improving it for the existing customer base.

          • thrawn@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 month ago

            Last I recall, Google was trying (they obviously want the money) but was receiving pushback from legacy ISPs and the local governments they have agreements with. Is that not the case?

    • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      24·
      1 month ago

      Google basically gave up because even with their bankroll, dealing with the regulatory bullshit monopolies current providers had a lot of places was prohibitive.

    • mipadaitu@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      1 month ago

      We don’t have to make everything perfect everywhere before we make improvements to something.

      We have more than enough resources to increase availability, and to improve existing connections.

    • Subdivide6857@midwest.socialEnglish
      8·
      1 month ago

      This wouldn’t be for a single customer. It’s 50 gig PON, which would serve 32-64 different customers. I’m not an engineer, but I’m assuming it will pave the way for 2.5-5 Gbps services.

      Most companies are currently switching from GPON (2.5 gig shared 32 ways), to XGSPON (10 Gbps split between 32-64 customers).

      The company I work for has been deploying XGSPON on Nokia transport for a few years now. It’s very nice.

      Edit: I wasn’t real specific on how it’s split. So that 50 Gbps feed is sent down a single fiber to a splitter, which is often in the field in an AP cabinet. From there fiber that actually goes to the customer’s premise gets connected. It feels a little dirty splitting like some sort of old coax system, but it makes rolling out fiber to the home much, much quicker.