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Japan sets new internet speed world record — 4 million times faster than average US speeds (www.livescience.com)
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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Do you think Google Fiber made the average internet speed increase in part?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Wasn't Google Fiber available in like, one town in Kansas? So I suppose yes, it did increase the average speed, but by a very small amount.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I feel they may have been something of a catalyst that got other providers to start upping the speed. At this point, a lot of service providers offer at least 1 gig download speeds, with fiber being synchronous often. Some places offer up to 10 gigs to residential.

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