At last a solid broadband solution

As regular readers know, I had several problems with Labor’s broadband plan. These included the reliance on the wired solution, not resolving the “last mile” monopoly problem, and the presumption that private investment couldn’t take place. In addition, I have long thought that broadband solutions would be local in nature.

Enter today (1st April, 2007) Google with a solution that proves me completely right. Google TiSP is a free wireless based service available to most households and it is being rolled out in the US as of today. As you can see from their FAQ, broadband speeds of 8Mpbs will be on offer with upgrade options to 32Mbps. And all this done with existing piped infrastructure: a unique marrying of the ‘series of tubes’ philosophy of internet transmission.

Australia can’t be far behind. We have the underlying infrastructure to 95 percent of the Australian population. But there will still be a case for subsidised broadband solutions to outlying areas outside the Google reach (eg., septic tanks will not cut it) and also for those using a Mac or Linux — apparently they can’t handle crap as easily as a Windows-based system.

[If you are trying to reach someone without broadband has come through with another innovation, Google Paper. Now if only they could combine these two new products?]

2 thoughts on “At last a solid broadband solution”

  1. This could have an impact on your plan to give every household a fixed amount of water to use. Fancy having to choose between broadband and watering plants you hate….

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  2. At first I thought this might explain Google’s recent purchases of mobile dark fiber. Afterall, they would need the fiber to support all the bandwidth for the high speed internet connection they are offering. Too bad this is just an april fool joke.

    Karl,
    High Speed Internet Access and Broadband Provider

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