Google announced February 10th on “The Official Google Blog” that it plans on conducting an experiment that will bring gigabyte fiber-to-the-home to select towns across the United States and has made an open request for information (RFI) to interested municipalities . Google’s goal is to deliver fiber-to-the-home connections to between 50,000 and 500,000 people at a competitive price. According to a 2009 report produced by Speed Matters, a project of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Union, the United States ranks 28th worldwide in average Internet connection speeds and 15th in Internet adoption among industrialized nations. Louisiana’s average download speed registered at 6.3mbps. While slightly faster than the nations average speed of 5.1mbps Louisiana’s revealed a significant digital-divide in high speed Internet connections.
What does this all mean?
What does this all mean?
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