4 Terabit Internet?! Fiber Company Tour!

Snazzy Labs gets an exclusive tour inside a fiber internet company's operations and learns how the internet works.
Sponsored by UTOPIA Fiber

We all use the internet every day but do we really understand how it works? And do we know what's on the horizon? Snazzy Labs takes an exclusive tour of one of the most beloved internet companies in America, UTOPIA Fiber, a non-profit government-owned fiber network that leases its infrastructure out to ISPs. UTOPIA coverage areas have very inexpensive home and business gigabit internet, 10 gigabit internet, and even 100 gigabit internet thanks to the power of fiber technology. We tour a fiber hut, see a home installation, and take a look at the company's network operations room. Don't miss this unique video.

[snazzy]

Editor’s note: This video was filmed months ago prior to the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States and Utah. Be snazzy and wear a mask!

[Orygiri]

Facility: 1tbps
Workers: 100gbps
Ad: 1gbps
Site: 25mbps
Ookla: 1mbps
Ping: 2020ms
Hotel: Trivago

[ubiquepanda]

"Internet should exist as utility"- I couldn't agree more!

[janik]

I am rarely a fan of sponsored videos, but this is just right. No totaly unrelated mobile game etc. but something with actual content. Good Job, keep this level of quality up.

[Vitonezz]

As a network engineer, this video brings peace to my heart.

[DarkSwordsman]

These are the types of Sponsored videos that I love. I have, for years, always been interested on what goes on behind the scenes in terms of internet. It's great to finally see an ISP/Company show is that in person.

I really hope that I can have a service like Utopia sometime soon. I previously had Century Link gigabit, which was pretty fantastic, though it would often dip as low as 500 Mbps on both download and upload. I also only had CAT 6 to my apartment, so latency was usually around 30-40 ms. Obviously I still was grateful for the internet I had and it was by no stretch a problem, but still was a concern when I was paying for "up to 1 Gbps" internet.

[NoahNorton]

We love Utopia, never been happier. I wish everywhere had this as an option.

[jodgg]

Speed test: 14:05 & 15:47
You're welcome

[hc]

My jaw just dropped at the ease of installation and the price of 10Gbps.... Comcast charges $300/mo for only 2Gbps (with extremely limited availability), I envy your fiber availability. I also love the fact that Utopia has a dedicated fiber for each customer.

[JulianMarinovfotografia]

Interesting! But I got it cheaper :D
I am from Bulgaria, which as a country is related to all kinds of negative comments and a lot of corruption, but I'm paying around 15$ for 1gbit connection at home. The only moment I am really using that speed is uploading to YouTube and (as you said) p2p. No otner real usage at the moment.
Thanks for the great video!

[Bizznz]

When your connection is so fast, that the providers themselves become the bottleneck.

[jamesorrell]

Tried to watch this and my internet straight up had a seizure...

[EcProjects]

Nice tour :)

I think the greatest advantage with fiber is the reliability. I have experienced a few minutes downtime twice over a 10 year period.
Before that, with copper, it was weekly or monthly.
Our network is owned by the utility companies, and they are not really forced to rent it out. So there are not many options.
But for the price of $39 including our 25% VAT, for 1/1Gbps, I really can't complain :)

It's pretty much GPON across the country - which was plenty when they laid it out 10+ years ago.
Only in the last few years, some installations has been made as p2p, as far as i know.

[acanalesc]

I can hear Linus' screech from here

[byronwatkins]

Once the fiber is run, we can always increase the throughput with different electronics; we can re-purpose the old electronics to rural and less expensive clients.

[TheViettan]

As a former nation-wide backbone network engineer, I didnt talk about Gbps, my default metrics is Terabit per second. This brings so much memory back then.

[bruttosozial]

"These are all 1Gbps connections, some 10Gbps."

*cries in german*

[_Name_Not_Found]

I need this where I live. Anything to get out from under Comcast's monopoly.

[pablocardone]

I am about to downsize and more to a modern apartment that has fTTP and looking forward. As a former land wire tech, I am still learning. BUt thanks to this video, this has helped me understand where I use to work aka ATT in Baton Rouge. Thanks for explaining this to me and hope to see more. I will pass this channel to those whom want to know... and as a Combat Marine vet thanks for showing me that American like you and in this industry validate what I have been fighting for. An American dream in tech....

[BoomonYT]

Him: 4tb internet. Me: 4kb internet