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    It has been a year since Google announced their 1Gb/s internet trial.
    Since then there's been nothing, I wonder if it was shelved.
    Feb 09, 2011 9:16pm PST
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    It has been a year since Google announced their 1Gb/s internet trial. Since then there's been nothing, I... : filthysockThis person is cool!

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    • I used all the gigabits : sanchezThis person is cool!
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      I would love to see this come to fruition. Cable companies are anal raping us now. Because I did a bunc... : TrippsThis person is cool!
      • I think everyone has a 250GB limit. You just know about it because you exceeded it before. : DHAvatar
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        i have doubled or tripled that limit last 6 months running, no issues from them yet, I guess enforcement ... : watcherxpThis person is cool!
        • 750GB in a month? Woah : filthysockThis person is cool!
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          WTF. How? : boarder2This person is cool!
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            Well, the biggest month was me and my son re-downloading our steam collections that was prolly nearing 60... : watcherxpThis person is cool!
            • Also, working very hard to meet the cap this month, we will see how it goes..gonna be close. : watcherxpThis person is cool!
            • Ah, yeah, I guess I could see it with a tech savvy family or someone who shares with roommates. My wife a... : boarder2This person is cool!
            • A lot of ISPs have on-network steam content servers, so they're likely not counting that towards your quo... : batkiwiThis person is cool!
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          Same here, but for almost 2 years now. Must be low usage in my area. : sanchezThis person is cool!
          • yeah, could be a lot longer for me as well, been on this connection for about 20 months. Only discovered... : watcherxpThis person is cool!
      • get a business line with them, no cap : harold.johnson
      • The US is so behind on internet speeds yet all the cool services and things that make people want better ... : Hemtroll
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      UPDATE to OP here http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/update-on-google-fiber.html : watcherxpThis person is cool!
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        thanks watcherxp, must have missed that blog post : filthysockThis person is cool!
        • yeah, so did i, just stumbled upon it. : watcherxpThis person is cool!
    • When Topeka made a strong showing they realized working in Topeka would suck and killed the plan. : rosewoodThis person is cool!