Google Fiber

[DwnTwnTul]

So Google is currently rolling out Google Fiber in KC, with plans to add Austin and Provo soon.  It would be really cool if Tulsa could get on board next.  If anyone has any connections to our local Goggle site out in Pryor, see if you can persuade them to add us next.   

https://fiber.google.com/about/

[dbacksfan 2.0]

Fiber connection is great where you can get it. The concern should be that whatever device that you have, laptop, tablet, iPhone, android, smart phone, is registered as used on whatever network that it attaches to. I know that most all of the members here know that, it's just that no matter what device you use that you leave a footprint where ever you go, just like I have a cell number from Arizona, even though I Live in Oregon, I have had EAS (Emergency Alert System) notifications of the Amber Alert for the situation that started in Boulevard, CA, both the original Amber Alert, and the second one for Alturas CA.

Regardless, I feel that if you go with Google Fiber, you will give up a portion of your privacy.

[sgrizzle]

I like the idea of fiber, but I dislike the fact that Google logs everything everyone does and then markets and makes money off that data. I use gmail but I get tired of visiting sites and getting ads related to something I sent or received an email about. I have a Google tablet, and it immediately started trying to promote music/movies related to things I searched or downloaded years ago.

I'm not a tin-foil hat person, but it's just creepy. It's like walking into a starbucks and someone hands you the coffee you want before you order it.

With 99% of companies, you are the customer. With Google, you are the product being sold.

[Hoss]

I like the idea of fiber, but I dislike the fact that Google logs everything everyone does and then markets and makes money off that data. I use gmail but I get tired of visiting sites and getting ads related to something I sent or received an email about. I have a Google tablet, and it immediately started trying to promote music/movies related to things I searched or downloaded years ago.

I'm not a tin-foil hat person, but it's just creepy. It's like walking into a starbucks and someone hands you the coffee you want before you order it.

With 99% of companies, you are the customer. With Google, you are the product being sold.

And after the past month, if you think your ISP doesn't do the same, you're being naive.  And I know you aren't.  Google can just do those things instantly with the broad reach they have.  ISPs just the sell the data.  It's in the fine print of the TOA you typically agree to.

[heironymouspasparagus]

I can hardly wait.  Get some real competition for Cox Cable.  And real customer service!!

[Hoss]

I can hardly wait.  Get some real competition for Cox Cable.  And real customer service!!

Don't look for Google Fiber here anytime soon.  That would take a huge buildout, and right now, as much as I can lament Cox, they have the infrastructure in place for FTTN (Fiber to the Node, which in many places, they already have).

[sgrizzle]

And after the past month, if you think your ISP doesn't do the same, you're being naive.  And I know you aren't.  Google can just do those things instantly with the broad reach they have.  ISPs just the sell the data.  It's in the fine print of the TOA you typically agree to.

I have about 18 Internet-connected devices in my house behind a NAT encapsulating traffic so while my ISP can get a grasp on what sites we may be hitting, decoding that into reasonable demographic data might be problematic, especially since the majority of that traffic is downloading from CDN's who handle traffic for hundreds-thousands of sites.

You get much clearer and more reliable data by controlling the device, or running a straight key logger like my Android phone.