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http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/16/technology/gfast-internet-speeds/index.html?iid=ob_homepage_tech_pool

A company called Sckipio is introducing a new tech called G.Fast in the US which allows for ultra high speed broadband over existing phone and coax lines, this is significant because it doesn't require new fiber optic wires to have to be laid down (which is costly and would take a long time). 

AT&T and DirecTV are very interested, it currently allows for 750MB/sec download/upload which is a lot faster but the company is claiming they will have new chips that can push that even further to 1.5GB/sec, which would be faster than even Google Fiber. Upload speeds aren't as fast on 750MB/sec, but they should improve considerably with the 1.5GB/sec chips. In any case this is likely waaaaay faster than the internet 99% of us use today. 

Streaming service video games and 4K video services via streaming are likely to become very commonplace going forward. The company behind the tech says they will start rolling it out later this year in the US.