Google’s new Toilet ISP April 1, 2007
Posted by Joseph Papaleo in General.trackback
Google has finally done it - delivered FREE Broadband connection to every home - if it is connected to a sewerage system. The perennial problem of getting cables from the exchange to your home has been overcome.
So for many families near where I live that have this issue - help is not far away. By dropping a specailly made fiber optic cable down the toilet and flushing, the cable will reach a point that plumbers can connect to nodes giving access to the Internet. 
My father is a plumber and not a computer user, and I can just see him rolling his eyes.
Google says that all three packages include
“a Google Toolbar-based analysis of your dietary habits and genetic predispositions, along with recommendations for healthier living”.
For those wondering how Google can possibly offer yet another free service, Google says that they
“believe that all users deserve free, fast and sanitary online access. To offset the cost of providing the TiSP service, we use information gathered by discreet DNA sequencing of your personal bodily output to display online ads that are contextually relevant to your culinary preferences, current health status and likelihood of developing particular medical conditions going forward”.
So what does this mean for my classes? It means that the fantastic maths program that I’m using (more about that in the near future) will be able to be accessed by all of my students. It potentiually also means that as it is a Google service, then perhaps Google Earth would cost less to download and explore sites around the world.
The only problem at the moment is it is only in the US and Canada at the moment.
PS - Check the date and time carefully.
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…and I almost fell for it…!