Copper offers broadband for users who won't wait for Google

Fiber leaves much to be desired
Despite the fact that Google Fiber was touted as a project for the people, large percentage of citizens in the Fiber pilot are unable to access the service based on cost. In fact, The Wall Street Journal notes that just 10 percent of Kansas City's low-income citizens were able or willing to convert to Google Fiber, with 20 percent of non-adopters citing price as the leading barrier. These numbers have inspired critics to accuse Google of not doing enough to prevent a "digital divide," where access to gigabit Internet speeds is defined across the poverty line. However, The Wall Street Journal pointed out that Google invested extensive time and effort into reaching out to low-income families during the initial roll-out of fiber. Slow adoption was also driven by Kansas City citizens with minimal interest in surfing the web, and those that are content with their current connection speeds.

Perle has an extensive range of Managed and Unmanaged Fiber Media Converters to extended copper-based Ethernet equipment over a fiber optic link, multimode to multimode and multimode to single mode fiber up to 160 km.