If you haven't heard of Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Internet provider US Internet, you will now -- the suburban company has begun rolling out the fastest home Internet available pretty much anywhere in the world. The company began surprising its customers with ridiculous 10 GB per second Internet access, which works out to ten times faster than Google Fiber's much-vaunted gigabit connections and other ultra-fast networks in the UK. The speed of 10 GB per second works out to about 200 times faster the average home Internet connection speeds in the US.
The ultra-fast fiber optic Internet will cost $399 per month, with US Internet promising that it will offer matching download and upload speeds. The lightning-fast Internet is only available to a limited number homes for the time being, but service is expected to be expanded in the summer of 2015.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Ultra-fast Internet
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop new technologies and infrastructure to support ultra-fast internet services.
- Fiber Optic Networks
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Expand and improve fiber optic networks to provide faster and more reliable internet connections.
- Increasing Internet Speeds
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop new methods and technologies to increase internet speeds and improve the overall user experience.
Where This Applies
- Internet Service Providers
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Offer faster internet services to compete in the market and attract more customers.
- Telecommunications
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Invest in infrastructure and technologies to provide faster and more reliable internet services.
- Technology Hardware
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop new hardware solutions to support faster and more efficient internet connections.
