{"id":4224,"date":"2025-07-12T12:28:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T12:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/4224\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T12:28:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T12:28:04","slug":"google-fiber-partners-with-nokia-heres-what-it-could-mean-for-your-home-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/4224\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Fiber Partners With Nokia. Here\u2019s What It Could Mean for Your Home Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heads up for Google Fiber <\/a>customers, you may soon have more control over your home internet connection. Just recently, Google Fiber announced its partnership with Nokia,<\/a> a telecommunications company. Through this partnership, Google Fiber and Nokia have begun testing network slicing, a technology that will allow customers to personalize and have more control over their network. This technology promises many benefits, particularly for gamers. <\/p>\n

Google Fiber Head of Product Nick Saporito tells CNET that \u201cnetwork slicing could give customers more control over how their internet performs based on what they\u2019re doing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of treating all traffic the same, we\u2019re exploring how customers could dedicate bandwidth to the activities that matter most to them. Think of it like putting your connection in a \u2018gamer mode\u2019 or \u2018video call mode\u2019 that you control.\u201d Saporito said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many of the biggest names in broadband, including T-Mobile 5G Home Internet<\/a> and Verizon<\/a>, are not new to this technology. Since 2023, these 5G home internet<\/a> giants have begun working to establish network slicing for their services. However, this is the first time we’ve seen a fiber internet<\/a> provider explore the potential of this technology. Once established, network slicing could push the boundaries of what fiber internet has to offer.<\/p>\n

Google Fiber has only begun testing this technology in its labs so it\u2019s still too early to say whether it can deliver on its promise.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more: I Think Fiber Is the Gold Standard of Internet. But Here’s Why I Can’t Always Recommend It<\/a><\/p>\n

What is network slicing? <\/p>\n

According to TechTarget<\/a>, network slicing is a technique that creates many virtual networks on top of a shared network, allowing more flexibility and control over your network. This technique is often used for 5G technology, which can be divided into different slices, each tailored to meet a specific need. This technology can be promising for 5G home internet, because this connection type often suffers from network congestion. So, using this technology can help allocate bandwidth and network resources. According to Verizon<\/a>, 5G network slicing benefits not just for faster connectivity but can also support the enabling of Internet of Things in a manufacturing environment. For example, network slicing can help factory workers remain safe by establishing autonomous forklifts in a factory during a surge of communication traffic.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Each slice of a network can be customized to have its own unique security rules, performance and characteristics, all of which can be dedicated to different purposes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Network slicing could enhance your home internet <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not about prioritizing traffic behind the scenes, it\u2019s about giving you more control, more flexibility and more ways to get the performance you need,\u201d Google Fiber writes in a company statement. Network slicing could optimize your fiber internet connection to meet your different specific home broadband needs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For gamers, network slicing could be particularly useful. During lab testing, Google Fiber used gaming as an example by running two PlayStation 5 gaming consoles next to each other and filling the network with congestion. Naturally, the network congestion led to increased lag and slower speeds. However, after carving out a dedicated lane or specific network slice, the gaming sequence test performed much better. Thus, throwing in this technology led to a smoother gaming<\/a> experience.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In addition to this, network slicing could improve network security. According to that same company press release, there\u2019s a potential for something called \u201ctransactional slices,\u201d which would \u201cspin up automatically, just for a few seconds.\u201d This process would keep financial logins secure, allowing you to connect directly to your bank without routing traffic to the broader internet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Network slicing could offer these benefits to your home internet: <\/p>\n

Lower lagIncreased securityIncreased controls over your networkNetwork slicing and fiber internet <\/p>\n

Here at CNET, we consider fiber to be the gold standard of broadband.<\/a> Among all the internet connection types<\/a> we\u2019ve reviewed, fiber leads in speed, reliability and overall performance. Fiber internet also garners a lot of attention, as many home internet users are typically satisfied with their service<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Throwing network slicing into the mix of an already solid internet connection type, like fiber, would likely push the envelope for home broadband. Take Google Fiber, for example: This ISP promises download and upload speeds of up to 8,000 megabits per second. In addition, through its fiber-optic connection, it offers a low latency, which is crucial for online gaming. Moreover, the higher the latency, the more lag gamers can experience throughout a game. According to a report from Liquid Web<\/a>, more than a thousand gamers were surveyed on the effects of latency, and more than 95% complained about experiencing latency issues while gaming. That said, network slicing may enhance its fiber internet service in the years to come, proving to be favorable for gamers. <\/p>\n

When can you expect to experience this technology? <\/p>\n

Google Fiber\u2019s network slicing is still in its early trial period so it\u2019s too early to say when home internet users will be able to take advantage of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to Saporito, Google Fiber doesn’t have a specific timeline but it plans to continue working with Nokia later this year to establish this technology across its network.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cOur recent trial was a foundational step in understanding how the technology performs in a real-world scenario. Next, we\u2019re partnering with Nokia to explore how we can integrate this into our network in a scalable way … especially around automation, which is a key requirement for making slicing practical,\u201d Saporito said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heads up for Google Fiber customers, you may soon have more control over your home internet connection. Just…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[174,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-4224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-internet","9":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}