Comcast's new internet service schools Google Fiber

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://bit.ly/16Db7GR'><img alt="Comcast's new internet service schools Google Fiber" src="http://ift.tt/1lPyzlJ"/><br/><br /><p><a href="http://ift.tt/10UvuLl">Google Fiber</a>, the search company's lightning-fast internet, has been making headlines for years, but it's also been slow to roll out to customers.</p><br /><br/><br /><p>That may not matter if Comcast has its way. The unpopular internet provider today announced its own fiber service, and it's even faster than Google's.</p><br /><br/><br /><p>The 2GB per second broadband service - twice as fast as Google Fiber - will roll out in Atlanta come May, and Comcast hopes to reach 18 million homes by the end of 2015, reports <a href="http://ift.tt/1CdVi0Q">The Verge</a>.</p><br /><br/><br /><p>The company hasn't divulged a price or a rollout plan beyond Atlanta, but the service won't be <a href="http://ift.tt/1bRGTTc">limited by neighborhood</a> like Google Fiber is.</p><br /><br/><br /><h3>Closer and closer</h3><br /><br/><br /><p>Customers will have to be "within close proximity" of where the network is rolling out, and let Comcast install "professional-grade" equipment, the report says. The site speculates that the service may be an extension of Comcast's fast business internet.</p><br /><br/><br /><p>But Comcast wants to "offer the most comprehensive rollout of multi-gigabit service to the most homes as quickly as possible," said Senior VP of Comcast Cable's South Region Doug Guthrie.</p><br /><br/><br /><p>To that end, the provider will reportedly also roll out a 1GB per second service in 2016 to "almost every customer in our footprint."</p><br /><br/><br /><p>At this point that sounds too good to be true, but a lot might happen between now and next year.</p><br /><br/><br /><ul><br /><li style='list-style: none'><br/> </li><br /><li>Check out TechRadar's top-ranking <a href="http://ift.tt/1r1r8fz">Chromebook</a> reviews</li><br /><li style='list-style: none'><br/> </li><br /></ul><br /><br/><br /><img border="0" height="1" src="http://ift.tt/1BUUsaw" width="1"/><br clear='all'/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://ift.tt/1BUUsaB" rel="nofollow"><img border="0" src="http://ift.tt/1BUUrmV"/> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://ift.tt/1BUUsaD" rel="nofollow"><img border="0" src="http://ift.tt/1BUUsqR"/> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://ift.tt/1bRGU9x" rel="nofollow"><img border="0" src="http://ift.tt/1BUUrn0"/> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://ift.tt/1bRGWyk"><img border="0" src="http://ift.tt/1BUUsqT"/> </a> <img border="0" height="1" src="http://ift.tt/1bRGU9z" width="1"/><img alt="" height="1" src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/allnews/~4/CuMpSAKlgI8" width="1"/><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />from http://bit.ly/1F6V3qu<br/></div>

Comcast's new internet service schools Google Fiber

Google Fiber , the search company's lightning-fast internet, has been making headlines for years, but it's also been slow to roll ou...

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