Category: gigabit

Google Fiber stops offering traditional TV service to new customers

Post author By Randall
Post date February 4, 2020
Categories In av, broadband, fiber, fubotv, gear, gigabit, Google, google fiber, Internet, streaming, Tech, Television, thebuyersguide, Tv, youtube tv

[ad_1] The focus on internet-only service makes sense when Google recently dropped its 100Mbps tier. Why pay for old-school TV when you have a gigabit connection that can stream video without so much as a hiccup? YouTube TV appears to be thriving with 2 million customers, and Google Fiber customers are a prime candidate for […]

Google Fiber drops its 100Mbps tier in favor of gigabit-only service

Post author By Randall
Post date December 4, 2019
Categories In broadband, fiber, fiber optic, gear, gigabit, Google, google fiber, Internet, isp, Tech

[ad_1] The service started at a time when gigabit access was rare, and the average American internet speed was “crawling in single digits,” according to Google. Flash forward to 2019 and it’s a different story, with AT&T, Comcast and others offering gigabit broadband options. Google also pointed to rapidly growing demands on internet connections like […]

AT&T says it’s the first US network to reach 2Gbps speeds on 5G

Post author By Randall
Post date April 28, 2019
Categories In 5g, at&t, att, carrier, gear, gigabit, Mobile, Tech, Verizon, wireless

[ad_1] If you could sustain that performance, you’d download a two-hour “HD” movie in the space of ten seconds, AT&T claimed. However, the operative term is “if.” As we witnessed first-hand with our tests on Verizon’s network (disclaimer: that’s our parent company), reaching those speeds is currently unlikely with any provider. You need a millimeter […]

AT&T is the first 5G carrier in the US to reach gigabit speeds

Post author By Randall
Post date March 31, 2019
Categories In 5g, at&t, att, carrier, gear, gigabit, Mobile, netgear, nighthawk 5g mobile hotspot, Tech, Verizon, wireless
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[ad_1] On launch, AT&T’s 5G service could only make use of a lone 100MHz carrier for your connection, limiting speeds that were frequently not much better (or potentially worse) than LTE. The new approach aggregated four of those carriers, giving it that much more headroom even in real-world conditions. It should get faster still later […]