Google’s Ultra High Speed Fiber Project at Stanford

850 Faculty and staff of Stanford University who live on campus will get super fast Internet, as part of Google’s high-speed broadband experiment using fiber optics.  The project is expected to deliver speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second. As the beta deployment, The entire city of Stanford will be made fiber optic in early 2011.

Installation for residents who opt in will cost $250, or $50 for a self-install kit. The free ultra-high-speed Internet access will last for one year before Google starts charging.  [NBC Bay Area]