Google has always expressed their interest for a faster internet and a better browsing experience. To meet this goal, Google has approached the challenge from multiple sites, one of them being the launch of website tools to assist webmasters in improving their own site performance.

Today, Google announced another one of their endeavors, this time their intent to develop and launch high-speed broadband networks. Initially, the Google network will be limited to select US cities and will be offered to about 50,000 internet users and possibly of expanding their service to include as many as 500,000 users. The new network will offer Americans a broadband network with network speeds up to 1 gigabit per second which is roughly 100 times faster then the typical connections users are accustomed to today and best of all, these high speed networks will be offered to consumers at “competitive prices.”

The goals of the Google experiment appear to be three fold:

• To see how users and software developers make use of the new high speed network. Will it result in new software applications or will the high speed network be utilized in ways not thought of today.
• New Deployment Techniques – Google plans to share their experience of launching a fiber network to facilitate the development of more networks in other areas.
• The network will be run as an “open access” network allowing consumers the opportunity to select between multiple service providers.

Google has currently put out a request for information (RFI) to find communities interested in participating in this Google project. More information about this project is available in the below YouTube video as well as here.

Via: Google Blog