Coming Soon from Google: Private Fiber Optics to the Home

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/15/Empowering_Internet_Users_Two_Ideas_to_Reshape_Broa...

Policy analyst Derek Slater draws from the history of rural telephone cooperatives to question owning a personal internet connection. Slater lists three advantages to owning a personal connection.

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Google Policy Analyst Derek Slater discusses the state of broadband policy in the U.S and the importance of sustaining the Internet as an open platform for consumer choice and end-user innovation.

Slater provides an overview of possible legislation to ensure robust access to the open Internet. He also presents two novel ideas that could help transform broadband policy in fundamental ways: customer ownership of last mile fiber, and Measurement Lab, a new research platform for broadband testing tools. - Association for Computing Machinery

Derek Slater is a Policy Analyst on Google's public policy team. He focuses principally on copyright law and telecom policy. Slater helped Vint Cerf found the Measurement Lab research platform and he coauthored the paper "Homes With Tails," about customer-owned last mile fiber Prior to joining Google in September 2007, he was the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Activism Coordinator, helping the public take action to defend their digital rights. Slater joined EFF's staff after graduating in January 2006 from Harvard College with a B.A. cum laude in Government. Slater was also a researcher at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, becoming the first undergraduate to be named a student fellow and contributing to several papers on copyright law and digital media. He has also interned for Creative Commons and the Samuelson Clinic for Law, Technology, and Public Policy at UC Berkeley Law School. Slater's work has been discussed in publications including the Washington Post, CNET, and The Boston Globe.

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[joegocal]

do you know anything about networking?

[PaulCynic]

This sounds like both a viable and for me--exciting--solution to the current monopoly system in place. Comcast is one of the worst monopolies, and I'd love the opportunity to receive quality service at cable or greater speeds from anyone of my choosing, without having to pay a premium for not going with Comcast but still receiving the exact same services. Love this!

[linagee]

Video posted in 2009 and they are just doing this now? Wow.

[LastXdeth]

@PaulCynic AT&T is the worst monopoly here in Georgia! AT&T is the only single ISP avaliable.

[magoospot2005]

I'm so interested but this idiot makes me sleep

[zellfyre]

of america wants to compete it needs better internet

[littlewalk]

you are boring motherfucker

[TheJunkman123]

ehh umm ehh umm scratch scratch ehh umm ehh umm

[FigjamCJM]

Our business gets 250mbps up & down fiber optic from Fastmetrics.

Metro area network with Ethernet.

[longviewtexasfiber]

Great video on the future of fiber optics Derek! Working as an Analyst for Google must be a challenging and rewarding job. Longview, Texas is ready to experiment with fiber-to-the-home with Google. We're currently underserved in the ISP space, yet we have lots of dark fiber underground layed by Verizon, AT&T and CenturyTel, now CenturyLink. We a growing community located between two major markets - Dallas and Shreveport. It's about time the giant stepped up to the telcos in the United States!

[dylanfleck]

with fiber optics the imformation you send out is as fast as the speed of light because it is light. Wireless is slower and cant be used on every thing. Wires slow down the conection becuase of the copper wiring inside all fiber optics is is just light sending signals

[zmaj011]

This is mixing stuff. Rural people do buy wires, but still rent service in a same way like urban area folks.

They only have an additional initial cost to implement the service, and afterwards it's the same, they still pay for impulses and subscription.

In a same manner, install your own fiber optic infrastructure, and you still have to pay a provider for a traffic in some way.