Fast Forward: What makes our network different?

From the start, Google Fiber was designed to bring you Internet - fiber optic Internet. One of the benefits of fiber is that the material withstands the challenges of time, distance, and natural elements, and it can be upgraded (at higher speeds) quickly by changing the optical equipment at the endpoints. What makes Google Fiber different from other fiber internet providers lies not in the types of fiber we use, but in the way we design our core network and the operational disciplines we use that focus on the Customer Experience. First, we design a core backbone architecture (think city to city) that has multiple layers of redundancy to provide a high level of network reliability. Google Fiber’s network offers 99.9%* reliable connection, which is in large part due to the way our backbone network is built and managed.  Our core backbone network is designed with multiple layers of resiliency. Another way that we ensure our Customers get the speed and content they need is by large-scale peering and localized caching within our network.  We peer directly with the largest media and content providers (in fact, we’ll peer with anyone who is willing to peer with us, and we don’t use peering for revenue generation); this allows us to obtain and deliver content very quickly. Finally, we place the utmost importance on Customer Experience. We have a highly disciplined change management process and we continually measure, study and improve to drive higher reliability.