It looks like Verizon is planning on trumping Google Fiber in the near future. According to the latest news, Big Red is deep in development on a new fiber technology that will be 10 times faster than Google Fiber. The new tech basically uses different colors/wavelengths of light across their existing fiber-optic network and would allow starting speeds of 10Gbps. They expect that as the tech evolves they will eventually be able to offer 40 to 80 gigabits per second speeds.
To put this in perspective, the average broadband speeds across the US hover around 10-15 Mbps. Verizon's future 10 Gbps service would be roughly 1000 times faster than that. This would allow users to download a 2 hour HD (high definition) movie in as little as 8 seconds. (Streaming 4K TV on Netflix would be a snap with these speeds!)
Clearly this is exciting stuff. It's also worth noting that Verizon is already in the final testing phase of this tech. Here's a quote with the final details,
We will keep an eye out to see when this technology actually hits retail markets. We suspect it will likely be offered to businesses first. Of course, the more cities that Google rolls out their Google Fiber 1 Gbps service in, the more industry pressure will be placed on Verizon and other ISPs to compete. We can't wait to see how fast this tech starts to proliferate.
Source: Verizon
