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This isn’t a new Google product designed to make you more regular.  It’s Google’s newest foray into FIOS.  They’re currently taking submissions from cities around the country to be one of the test sites for this new service.  Basically, Google has developed fiber optic cables that have the capability to pull data at 1 gig per second.  You could download an entire movie in under a second at that speed.  A lot of people are already poo pooing the idea, that Google can’t compete with the infrastructure already in place with companies like Verizon and Comcast.  Pretty sure people said the same thing when their only search engine options were AOL and Netscape navigator.  Regardless of whether Google succeeds in this grand venture or not is a moot point right now, but what it does mean is that there is about to be a few billion dollars worth of cable to be laid.  From my perspective, it sounds like a great way to get a lot of out of work contractors back to work, and to pay for it with private money.  Here’s an example of some of the advantages that the city of Boulder Colorado is mentioning in their public bid to get a first crack at hosting Google Fiber.