Google Fiber has just realized how expensive it is to install fiber networks all around the city not to mention the time it consumes. The tech company has one solution in mind and that is to go wireless. The service will first roll out in Los Angeles and Chicago.
Google Inc. has plans of setting up wireless transmitters in every part of major cities and utilizes them to supply residential internet. Included in its roster are Chicago, Dallas, and Los Angeles with prevailing plans of extending to new cities which are roughly a dozen.
It is feasible that the launching will eventually be much bigger since Google Fiber's regulatory filings unveiled that the giant firm is seeking to try wireless transmitters in 24 sites across the US. It is not understood if the wireless service will provide speeds similar to the original gigabit service its actual fiber lines provide. Google Fiber will use frequencies that are not substantially higher compared to what traditional Wi-Fi does. Says Alphabet chairman Eric Schmidt that Fiber could apply much quicker millimeter wave technology, The Verge reported.
Google Fiber is looking forward to supplying a hundred times the speed of general broadband internet connections to its consumers. However, it has some difficulties with the "last mile" as they call it, where the network is supplied directly into the residence and buildings of clients. This means breaking the pavements and digging up close sidewalks just to install large and heavy lines underground.
This mirrors the firm's experience in Kansas City, where the continuous development of the network has instituted Google Fiber to the expenses and construction delays, according to The Kansas City Star.
"There are probably some lessons learned from Kansas City about the complexity of doing it and the cost of doing it," said Kansas City-based Avid Communications LLC partner, Dave Scott, which delivers internet and phone services to businesses.
The acquisition of Webpass might be an introduction to the drive into the wireless service. It sends out internet connections coming from an antenna which is connected to a fiber to another antenna, framed on buildings. This method sparks an idea that Google Fiber will adopt in the future.
Some telecommunication companies such as AT&T and Verizon will be experimenting with the service to check if it really is 50 to 100 times better than 4G LTE.
