![]() ![]() "That’s really a testament to how important it is that our new markets, which West Des Moines was our first new market in quite some time, got our latest and greatest network architecture. "Because of the timing of that market when it launched, it didn’t necessarily get the latest and greatest network architecture on our side," Saporito said, so it was ripped out and upgraded to the new standard. West Des Moines', launched a year ago, wasn't. Though both West Des Moines and Mesa are among Google newest markets, Mesa's network was designed to support the ultra-fast service. The rate of change in optic fiber networks, like the speeds they offer, also has been super fast. Service require upgrade to West Des Moines network Plans have been announced to expand to six more, including Des Moines and Council Bluffs. The monthly charge for 8-gigabit service is $150. "It’s surprising how many things in the home use the internet these days." "The usage for a home tends to be higher than a small business because homes are streaming all the time, gaming, doing all these content-heavy things that not all businesses do" Saporito said. With 1 gigabit internet a user can download a 2 1/2-hour movie in 2 1/2 minutes, but with 8 gigabit internet that download time is 16.8 seconds, said Kelli Kolich, a spokesperson for the company.Įight -gigabit internet is tailored to professionals who work from home, like data scientists or engineers who work on virtual machines in a data cloud, Saporito said, but anyone can benefit. "Historically when you get into connections up to 8, 10 gig, that’s historically been reserved for large enterprise clients at other" internet service providers. "There’s a tremendous amount of bandwidth" a gigabits speeds, said Nick Saporito, Google Fiber head of multi-gig and commercial products. ![]() The New York Times recently reported that 195 megabits per second is the median fixed broadband speed in the U.S., and it takes 1,000 megabits to equal 1 gigabit. The 8 gigabit internet service can download and upload up to 8,000 megabits per second. The upgrade, also offered in Mesa, Arizona, comes a year after Google Fiber brough its service to West Des Moines with 1- or 2-gigabit speeds, which are around 100 times faster than the average broadband connection, and a little less than two months since it began offering 5-gigabit service, as well. cities where Google Fiber customers can tap into the company's ultra-fast 8-gigabit broadband service, the company has announced. West Des Moines is now one of only two U.S. ![]()
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