Seeing this video of the CEO of Baltimore's public schools talking about how his organization would benefit from Google's ultra high speed fiber internet got me thinking about getting some of Greensboro's leaders on camera doing the same to support Greensboro's efforts.
When Jeff Sykes offered to deploy his sweet new video camera in service of Greensboro's pursuit of Google, I wrote to Sandy Neerman, Director of Libraries for Greensboro to ask if she would make a video with us about how the libraries could benefit from Google fiber She said yes in about two minutes. Thanks, Sandy!
Film at eleven.
I see a Music Video to the tune of the Obama "Yes We Can" variety
ReplyDeletePeople aren't paying attention to the actual tech behind Google's RFI. It's specific to FTTP/FTTH, which is only residential. So it doesn't help libraries, it doesn't help educational institutions, it doesn't help businesses. It's specific to consumers and is last mile driven.
ReplyDeleteIt's still great and all, but really folks. Ya'll need to read the documentation. I'm glad all these people are in support of it, but fiber-to-the-premises is basically like Verizon FiOS. Google's RFI specifically mentions to homes, not anything else.
Can you point us to the documentation you want us to take a look at? Contrary to your assertion that the RFI "mentions to homes, not anything else," Google's description of the service talks about institutional uses: "Imagine sitting in a rural health clinic... Or collaborating with classmates around the world..."
ReplyDeleteNo. They specifically used FTTH. FTTH is "to the home". It's a specific fiber term. So either their product manager doesn't understand fiber optics terminology, or their marketing person is off.
ReplyDeleteFTTP (to the premise) is more generalized and usually also says that it can go to home or business.
If you watch the video from their product manager of infrastructure, he also mentions specifically the FTTH. He doesn't talk about any of the "imagine sitting" stuff. Key parts here is pick up on the technology terminology being used and not the marketing parts.