content: Can someone help me understand the circle jerk around google fiber.  I live in an area where I can get it but I don't really see why I would pay for it.  The service is $70 per month.  My internet service is half of that, including all taxes and fees, and is 50 mbps. This is fast enough to stream anything and I can download files fairly quickly.  I can upgrade the speed incrementally for slightly more.  What are people doing that they need 1gbps and are willing to double their bill for it?    Or is it, as I suspect, just a marketing thing.  Google has marketed it as 20x the speed at twice the price - a great deal! The real question is: who serves content at 1 gbps?  No one.  Why should I pay double for something I may use 1 or 2 times a year? Edit: I also looked up the fiber terms and the $70 is before taxes, which makes it more like $80+ so my bill is less than half.  I can get something like 100mbps for 1/2 the price of google fiber.