Can you imagine yourself, searching the web for information using Google search and connected to the Internet through a Google run ISP, while at the same time receiving text messages and voice calls on a Google phone? In short, can you imagine yourself at some point in the future, solely depending on Google for  all you communication needs? Sounds creepy or wonderful?

Well, believe it or not, soon we might all be connecting to the Internet at a speed faster than what we have right now, specifically at 1 gigabyte per second speed. That is if Google succeeds with its planned experiment that will test a better and faster ultra-high speed broadband Internet access. This will be carried out through fiber-to-home connections.

Google is planning to roll this out to around 50,000 and potentially up to 500,000 households in the United States.  And the plan is to offer the Internet service at a very competitive price.

Specifically, what Google wants to achieve from this experiment is to find out what can be done with a faster Internet connection specifically by developers, share key lessons on what they are going to learn about building fiber networks and manage a network built on an open policy.

Right now, Google is currently asking some U.S. municipalities for information through a Request for Information (RFI) to determine where they can build the Google fiber-to-home networks.

To learn more about this experimental project, be sure to watch the attached YouTube video. It might actually help you prepare for Google’s world domination.

Originally posted on February 10, 2010 @ 5:52 pm