The word "gigabit" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is a term which refers to the measure of digital information storage and transfer speed, typically used in the context of computing and networking. For example: "This new computer uses a 1 gigabit Ethernet connection for increased data transfer speeds."
The internet connection needed would have to transport data at speeds up to a gigabit a second.
Today, 1 gigabit per second Ethernet is common and speeds of 100 gigabits per second are being developed.
Another source of competition will be the ten gigabit per second Ethernet standard for networking, which promises to surpass Infiniband's speed using technology that network engineers are familiar with.
City-run projects like Chattanooga, Tennessee's fibre network ($300 per month for gigabit rates), and Google Fiber's Missouri and Kansas experiments ($70 per month) are bringing such speeds to parts of America, too.
Hyperoptic, for now Britain's biggest residential "gigabit" supplier, mostly targets big blocks of flats in London.Tech boosters think the government should stump up for more gigabit links.
For $70 a month it promises both downloads and uploads at a gigabit per second, fast enough to send a high-definition feature-length film in a few blinks, and a terabyte (ie, a shedload) of cloud storage.
Google Fiber, a project that has installed gigabit-per-second networks in a few US cities, will probably spur existing network operators to keep up, but cannot hope to compete in the current national market.None of the websites participating in the Internet Slowdown initiative is actually working any more slowly than usual.
The goad is working: on the same day as Google said it was coming to Austin, AT&T declared that it too planned to bring gigabit-per-second broadband to the city.
However, those behind Plan NYC may wish to consider developing a coordinated municipal telecommunications/information/Internet policy to help achieve those goals.For example, encouraging the construction of a publicly-accessible gigabit-level fiber network throughout the five boroughs could speed Plan NYC's energy-saving objectives towards implementation.
A BUSINESS with a popular website might happily bring a gigabit-per-second (Gbps) fibre-optic connection into its server room.
Indeed, Cisco bought another Ethernet start-up, Granite Systems, to gain access to the firm's gigabit-a-second technology.As Ethernet has spread, individual brilliance has mattered less in its development.
