Google to Build a Fiber Optic Network in the United States

Google to Build a Fiber Optic Network in the United States
Fiber Optics are long, thin strands of very pure glass about the diameter of a human hair. They are arranged in bundles called optical cables and are used to transmit light signals over long distances. Hundreds or thousands of these optical fibers are arranged in bundles in optical cables. The bundles are protected by the cable's outer covering, called a jacket.
Fiber optics is used in the cable, television and phone lines. High speed internet use fiber optics to speed up internet connections.
Google has plans to build a fiber-optic network offering speeds of up to 1Gbps (gigabit per second) to up to 500,000 homes in the United States. Google plans to offer service at a very competitive price and offer internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today.
I, being a child born in 1962 am amazed at the technology there is today. My parents had a party line that we shared with a neighbor to be able to make phone calls. The type of wire that was used to communicate by phone in 1962 was made of metal wires bundled together. Often times when making a phone call you could hear the neighbor pick the phone up and listen to your conversation. Often times they would repeatedly pick the phone up over and over to let you know they wanted to make a call. If you were waiting on an important phone call to come in you had to hope the neighbor wasn’t using the phone lines, or the call would be missed. There was no voice mail available at that time. Phone calls are now sent and received over a fiber optic network. There is clear sound quality.
Television was able to be viewed in 1962 by an analog signal being sent out into the airways and picked up by a receiver made out of tubes to project transmission onto the television set.
The analog system was eliminated in the United States in 2009. Americans now view their televisions through a fiber optic digital network. The picture is clearer and the sound quality is better than the analog system.
At&T and Verizon both have fiber optic networks in place and plan on expanding them this year. Google feels that they will be able to offer a faster fiber optic network for computer use at a lower price tag than the other competitors.
This attempt by Google should prove once again to\change the way Americans communicate.